Hamas Has Strong Election Showing
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The radical Hamas movement made a surprisingly strong showing in local Palestinian elections, according to preliminary results obtained Friday, signaling a drop in
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A top PLO body gave its approval Thursday for President Mahmoud Abbas to hold new presidential and legislative elections, a high-stakes gamble meant to sideline Hamas militants but also bound to set off more confrontations between Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas.
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Hamas has full security control, but no political authority. Ministries were deserted, the courts were not operating. All the major Fatah security headquarters have been ransacked along with the private homes of their key officers.
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Palestinians went to the polls in municipal elections Thursday, the first such balloting to be held in 28 years. All indications showed a good voter turnout in 26 communities throughout the
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to call early presidential and parliament elections is fraught with legal and political difficulties. Independent experts have said he is on shaky legal ground, and the ruling Hamas Party says it will challenge him every step of the way.
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Palestinians voted on Thursday in the  first municipal elections in the Gaza Strip, a test of strength  between new President Mahmoud Abbas and the militant Hamas  group.
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Hamas militants cement domination over Gaza but appear to make conciliatory overtures to Fatah.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians hold municipal  elections in parts of the West Bank on Thursday, seen as a  dress rehearsal for a presidential vote to choose Yasser  Arafat's successor next month.
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On Thursday, for the first time, towns in the Gaza Strip will hold municipal elections, choosing members of local councils from among 414 candidates, many of whom belong to radical groups listed by the United States as terrorist organizations.
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Hamas militants defeated the mainstream Palestinian movement Fatah in nine of 26 local elections, results showed on Sunday, in a foretaste of challenges confronting emerging moderate leader Mahmoud Abbas.
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Hamas is demanding changes to the election system employed by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the 1996 elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council (the parliament).
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BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip  - Palestinians voted on  Thursday in the first municipal elections in the Gaza Strip in  decades, a test of strength between new President Mahmoud Abbas  and the militant Hamas group.
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A Hamas leader says the Islamic militant group will not field a candidate in the January Palestinian presidential elections. He says he expects Hamas supporters not to participate in the vote.
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Campaigning is stepped up for the Palestinian presidential elections, due to take place on 9 January.
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Palestinians kick off a long election season with the first local voting contests since 1976.
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Â·  President Abbas swears in new government  Â·  Hamas claims its actions have brought stability
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Todayâs anti-Hamas demonstration was the largest since the Islamic militant group seized control of Gaza after a week of factional fighting in June.