Abbas gets European, Arab backing in Gaza showdown
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Palestinian President Mahmoud  Abbas won European and Arab backing on Monday for taking  control of Gaza's breached border with Egypt, intensifying his  power struggle with the Hamas Islamists who rule the enclave.
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Leaders from Israel, Egypt and Jordan met today to show support for the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - The European Union on Monday raised the possibility of sending its monitors back to Gaza's breached border with Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sought to rally Western support to sideline Hamas.
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GAZA CITY -- Hamas officials gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead yesterday for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in the militant Islamic group's position as it works to end its international isolation.
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Western powers rallied behind the Palestinian president on Friday after Hamas Islamists routed his forces in the Gaza Strip and began imposing a new order in the enclave after days of bloody civil war.
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President George W. Bush on Monday will offer new support for the Fatah-led government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, marking a higher profile effort to resolve the Middle East conflict.
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He&#39;s called on Palestinians to back the leading contender, Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen. Middle East Correspondent Jane Hutcheon reports from Jersualem.
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Israel sought on Monday to shore up  European support for a U.S.-backed strategy of isolating Hamas  in Gaza while freeing funds for President Mahmoud Abbas&#39;s  emergency cabinet in the occupied West Bank.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Middle East peace hopes  were boosted on Monday when Mahmoud Abbas was elected  Palestinian president and Israel's parliament backed Ariel  Sharon's new coalition to implement his planned Gaza pullout.
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The European Union hailed backing from the diplomatic quartet on the Middle East for an EU proposal for a temporary mechanism to funnel aid to the cash-strapped Palestinians.
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Mahmoud Abbas won a vital vote from the Palestinians' dominant political faction approving his candidacy to succeed Yasir Arafat as Palestinian president.
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President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged on Tuesday to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as Israel sought to tighten the screws on Hamas Islamists who control Gaza.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in an Associated Press interview Saturday that he wants to protect militants from Israel, rejecting Israeli demands that he crack down on them. It was his latest campaign gesture to court gunmen seen by many Palestinians as resistance heroes and by Israel as terrorists.
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The United States and Europe Monday restored direct aid to the Palestinians in a show of support after president Mahmud Abbas fired a Hamas-led government following internecine clashes.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a last push Saturday to win European support for lifting a crippling international aid embargo in talks with French President Jacques Chirac.
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European Union foreign ministers  agreed on Friday to back a Palestinian national unity  government being formed by President Mahmoud Abbas with the  Hamas Islamist movement, despite U.S. misgivings.
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Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas has pledged to honour Yasser Arafat&#39;s wishes and fight for the &quot;right of return&quot; of Palestinian refugees to Israel.