Abbas Says Any Gaza Talks Must Follow 'Road Map'
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Presidential frontrunner  Mahmoud Abbas appeared on Thursday to reject coordinating with  Israel on a plan that means quitting occupied Gaza while  keeping large chunks of the West Bank.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called on  Tuesday for his people to pursue negotiations instead of  violence in the struggle for a state, marking out a change of  strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat's death.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that he is ready to honor the security commitments in an internationally backed peace plan, adding that he hopes to resume negotiations with Israel soon.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas Islamists on Monday to agree to early elections and to open a "new page" by ceding control of the Gaza Strip and holding reconciliation talks with his Fatah faction.
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QALQILYA, West Bank  - Taking his campaign to  succeed Yasser Arafat to the foot of Israel's West Bank  barrier, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said on  Wednesday there would be no peace until Israel tore it down.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday he would push on with plans for early elections despite bitter opposition from the Hamas government.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he was considering options open to him after the failure of talks with the governing Hamas faction over creating a unity government.
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Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Mahmoud Abbas says officials will take steps to end lawlessness and violence in the Palestinian territories ahead of scheduled January 9 elections for president.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged  militant groups in Gaza on Saturday to agree to a mutual  cease-fire with Israel but they said they would only consider  one if the Jewish state promised to stop its assaults first.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas headed into a meeting with the Israeli leader Tuesday warning that a planned international peace conference would be a "waste of time" if it failed to address the core issues of Palestinian statehood &#151; borders, refugees and Jerusalem.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals began crisis talks on Wednesday with a pledge not to leave Saudi Arabia until they had reached an agreement that would end deadly factional fighting.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that he was ready to meet unconditionally with the Israeli leader, possibly paving the way for a resumption of long-stalled peace talks.
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Taking his campaign to succeed Yasser Arafat to the foot of Israel&#39;s West Bank barrier, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday there would be no peace until Israel tore it down.
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The Palestinians should follow Kosovo's example and unilaterally declare independence if peace talks with Israel fail, a senior Palestinian official said Wednesday, but the Palestinian president said the proposal was premature and pledged to keep negotiating until the end of the year.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair says a conference planned in London on Palestinian reform will offer a way back to the so-called &quot;road map&quot; to middle east peace and a Palestinian state.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he was considering options open to him after the failure of talks with the governing Hamas faction over creating a unity government with the militant group.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas plans a new round of talks with Hamas leaders in   a bid to break a stalemate over forming a unity government, his   aides said on Monday.