Israel's Labor holds runoff vote for new leader
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Israel's Labor Party voted in a runoff leadership election on Tuesday pitting former prime minister Ehud Barak against ex-intelligence chief Ami Ayalon, a race that may help decide Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's future.
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Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak faces a stiff challenge from a fellow former senior military officer in next week's runoff election for leadership of the Labour party, polls showed on Thursday.
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JERUSALEM Israel confirmed on Wednesday that it would allow international observers to monitor Palestinian elections Jan. 9 for a new president, as the Palestinians had requested.
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Israel's opposition Labour party is  likely to join Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition next  week, a move that could promote a Gaza pullout plan and also  avoid early elections, his spokesman said on Friday.
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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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Palestinians have voted in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in nearly three decades in a dress rehearsal for next month&#39;s presidential ballot to choose former president Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor.
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JERUSALEM A spokesman for Israel&#39;s Labor Party says Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (ah-ree-EL&#39; shah-ROHN&#39;) is inviting his traditional rival into the government coalition.
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The leaders of Israel's Labour Party back plans for a coalition with Ariel Sharon's Likud but it may not be formed for weeks.
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Israel threatens to scrap its promise to ease travel restrictions while Palestinians vote for a new leader.
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JERUSALEM : Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party votes on Sharon&#39;s intention to bring the opposition Labour party into government, the day after he gave the green light to the construction of 1,000 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  marshalled support for Thursday's Likud party vote to bring the  Labor Party into a government that would block snap elections  and pave the way for a Gaza withdrawal next year.
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Members of the dovish Israeli Labor Party were choosing a new leader Tuesday, picking between two retired soldiers &#151; one an ex-premier who fizzled fast and the other a newcomer to politics.
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Palestinians voted Thursday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in nearly three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential ballot next month to choose Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor.
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The primary race could herald a political shake-up of Prime Minister Ehud Olmertâs ruling coalition.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Thursday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in  nearly three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential  ballot next month to choose Yasser Arafat's successor.
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Israel's prime minister faces up to a divided cabinet after winning a crucial vote on his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Washington, Nov 16 (PTI) Palestinians living in Jerusalem can vote only through mail for the upcoming elections to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat, as there will be no polling booths for them in the city, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom has said