'Talks bid' to halt Gaza violence
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Israeli and Palestinian officials begin negotiations to end a massive army operation in Gaza, Israeli sources say.
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Diplomatic efforts intensified on  Tuesday to end a massive Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip  that has killed 68 Palestinians, as the Jewish state faced  calls for restraint from its U.S. ally.
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal called on Friday for unconditional talks with the rival Fatah faction to halt violence between Palestinians but vowed to keep up the Islamist group's armed struggle against Israel.
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Palestinian factions reached a new Egyptian-mediated truce deal on Monday in the Gaza Strip in a bid to halt a cycle of bloodletting in which six were killed and dozens wounded since Saturday, Palestinian officials said.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 17 â After a day of rallies and violent clashes in Gaza between supporters of Hamas and Fatah, with both sides trying to send messages of strength following a presidential order for early elections, leaders called for calm this evening.
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A Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip has suggested the militant group is ready to consider discussing a halt to attacks against Israel to permit a smooth January 9 Palestinian election.
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Militant groups have agreed to temporarily halt attacks on Israel, a trial period before a formal truce agreement, to give Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas time to appeal to Israel to stop targeting militants, Palestinian officials said Monday.
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Middle East News, GAZA, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called for his people to pursue negotiations instead of violence in the struggle for a state, marking out a change of strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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Hamas' leader said Saturday his group was willing to give peace negotiations with Israel six months to reach an agreement for a Palestinian state in Gaza and the West Bank, but threatened a new uprising if the talks fail.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet to try to halt two weeks of violence that has seen southern Israel battered by rockets and Gaza pummeled by airstrikes.
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Mediation efforts are under way to defuse rising tension between rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah.
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GAZA CITY -- Palestinians and Israelis moved closer to halting more than four years of bloody violence yesterday, with the new Palestinian leader saying he had made progress toward a truce deal with militants. Israel pledged for the first time to hold fire if calm prevails.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli and Palestinian  leaders meet on Tuesday to try to halt more than four years of  bloodshed and take a new step toward ending decades of conflict  in the Middle East.
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GAZA CITY -- Militant groups have agreed to temporarily halt attacks on Israel, a trial period before a formal truce agreement, to give Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas time to appeal to Israel to stop targeting militants, Palestinian officials said yesterday.
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Egypt stops Palestinians vehicles from crossing the Gaza border, as talks begin in Cairo to resolve the crisis.
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The UN Secretary General calls for efforts to end escalating violence in the Gaza Strip.
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A truce between rival Palestinian factions in Gaza appears to take hold after days of deadly clashes.