Abbas rejigs Palestinian govt as emergency ends
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejigged his government on Friday at the end of a month-long state of emergency declared when Hamas Islamists seized control of the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signaled he is giving up on forming a moderate government to replace the one headed by the militant Islamic Hamas, a decision that could lead to violence or new elections &#151; or both.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s interim successor has escaped uninjured after militants opened fire in a mourning tent for the dead leader. Mahmoud Abbas was whisked to safety after militants firing rifles burst in on the tent just after he arrived.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in  as Palestinian president on Saturday, but his call for a  cease-fire was overshadowed by fresh violence in Gaza and  Israel's decision to cut ties over a deadly militant attack.
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Mahmoud Abbas, sworn in as Palestinian Authority president Saturday, said he is extending his hand in peace to Israel and called for a cease-fire, but he made no mention in his inaugural speech of how he would deal with Palestinian militants, the most pressing issue on his agenda.
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The move could put Mahmoud Abbas on a collision course with armed Palestinian factions.
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JERUSALEM, June 17 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas swore in an emergency governing cabinet Sunday and officially outlawed the armed wing and paramilitary security branch of the rival Hamas movement, saying it had carried out a "military coup against the Palestinian legitimacy and...
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Forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas overran two government ministries on Sunday, sealed off the area around his home and battled gunmen from the ruling Hamas group as chaos threatened Gaza.
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The government expressed its disappointment Thursday after Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called a state of emergency and sacked the Hamas-led unity government in response to violence in the Gaza Strip.
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The move is meant to help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against Hamas.
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GAZA CITY: Palestinian militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for Yasser Arafat yesterday, just moments after the arrival of the Palestinian leader&#39;s temporary successor, Mahmoud Abbas, forcing security guards to whisk him away to
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Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian Authority president by a wide margin Sunday, exit polls showed, giving him a decisive mandate to renew peace talks with Israel, rein in militants and try to end more than four years of Mideast bloodshed.
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Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as Palestinian president on Saturday, already embroiled in crisis.
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GAZA, NOVEMBER 14: Palestinian militants burst into a mourning tent set up for Yasser Arafat on Sunday and fired shots in protest at the presence of moderate successor Mahmoud Abbas, who was unhurt in a clash in which two security men were killed.
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JERUSALEM, June 15 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas dissolved the Palestinian government Thursday and declared a state of emergency after rival Hamas forces took complete control of the Gaza Strip in what the Islamic movement called the territory's "liberation."
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President Mahmoud Abbas's ruling Fatah  movement reissued a call on Sunday for a mutual cease-fire with  Israel, reinforcing the Palestinian leader before a crucial  summit in Egypt.
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Hundreds of Fatah loyalists fled Hamas-controlled Gaza by land and sea on Saturday as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prepared to swear in a new government in the West Bank that will bring an end to a U.S.-led aid embargo.