U.S. welcomes call for early Palestinian elections
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The United States on Saturday welcomed a call by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for fresh elections, expressing hopes it would quell factional violence and allow for a unity government that could work toward peace with Israel.
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Palestinian officials appealed Thursday for international monitors to help with their presidential elections and urged Israel&#39;s unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip
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The United States sought on Thursday to bolster support for an aid blockade against the Palestinian Authority and win backing for U.S. efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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Arab &quot;Palestinians&quot; launched a voter registration drive Saturday, a first step toward long-overdue elections, and Palestinian Authority/Palestine Liberation Organization &quot;Chairman of Terror&quot; Yasser Arafat promised that voting for parliament and president
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JEDDAH, 15 November 2004 - With the Palestinian presidential election date fixed for Jan. 9, intense diplomatic moves are expected to begin this week to allow maximum participation and greater transparency
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Palestinian leaders outlined plans Sunday to persuade visiting American envoys to pressure Israel into removing troops from urban areas to ensure smooth elections to replace Yasser Arafat.
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Palestinian officials appealed Thursday for international monitors to help with their presidential elections and urged Israel&#39;s unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip be folded into a stalled international peace plan.
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The United States is sending an observer delegation to a Palestinian presidential election set for January 9, the State Department said.
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The Palestinian Authority sees the vote as a possible major boost to Arafat's legitimacy and answer to calls for reform.
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Outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that Palestinian leadership has financial needs to hold the presidential elections.
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Israel will do "everything in its power" to enable Palestinian elections to take place, the foreign minister said Monday after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas called on Saturday for fresh Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections, raising the stakes after days of internal violence that has renewed fears of civil war.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A top Palestinian body backed President Mahmoud Abbas's motion for early elections in the Palestinian Authority on Thursday despite rival Hamas's rejection of the plan.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians set Jan. 9 as  the date for presidential elections to replace Yasser Arafat on  Sunday while the United States hinted it may be ready to resume  Middle East peacemaking.
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The Middle East is entering a historic process. Iraq under US occupation, and Palestine under Israeli occupation will hold two critical elections in January (if they are not postponed).
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Israeli leaders told Secretary of State Colin Powell on Monday that they will do their utmost to allow Palestinian elections to take place, including easing travel restrictions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian officials this weekend begin signing up voters across the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in what US diplomats describe as one of the clearest signs yet