PLO Chief Vows Crackdown on Armed Chaos
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday  promised steps to halt the use of illegal arms to stem chaos in  Palestinian areas and ensure calm ahead of a Jan. 9 election to  choose President Yasser Arafat's successor.
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Â· Ministry source says attack may take much longer  Â· Residents suffering in total blockade, PLO man warns
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PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro  - Kosovo's new  U.N. governor Tuesday pledged a drive to resolve the province's  final status, warning the West had failed to read the  frustrations that fueled ethnic riots in March.
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PLO leader Mahmud Abbas stepped up calls Friday to end &quot;armed chaos&quot; engulfing the occupied territories, as the new Palestinian leadership readied the ground for presidential elections in January.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on  Wednesday vowed a crackdown on armed groups operating in  Palestinian areas in order to smooth the way to a Jan. 9  presidential election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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GAZA CITY: Palestinian hard-liners rejected Wednesday a call by new PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas to lay down their weapons as a spiraling death toll in Gaza threatened to undermine his efforts to bring calm to the region.
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Fear of fresh conflict as renegade general turns guns on government forces.
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Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday told insurgents fighting his U.S.-backed government to accept an olive branch or face a security crackdown that will cover "every inch" of Iraq.
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LIMA, Peru  - An armed group which took over a  police station in southern Peru and killed four officers to  demand the resignation of unpopular President Alejandro Toledo  will not surrender on Monday as planned, its leader said.
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Britain's top law enforcement official said Wednesday that individual rights must be balanced against collective security in the face of the threat of terrorism.
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Police in England are to focus on tackling the most serious violent crimes, the home secretary will announce.
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Â· Black officer to reignite racism rowÂ· Killings prompt call for clampdown
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PLO leader Mahmud Abbas is due to hold separate meetings with representatives from the Palestinian security services and 13 main factions, officials said.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany has vowed to crack down on anti-government protests after a second night of riots, pledging to stay the course and push through tough economic reforms.
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Â· Government ordered to give reason for crackdownÂ· President awaits key court ruling on re-election bid
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Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf ordered security chiefs to take firm action against rioters following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, state media said.
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The president of a semiautonomous region in northeastern Somalia vowed Tuesday to resist the expansion of Islamic militants as more fighting was reported in the chaotic East African nation.