Fatah supporters flee Gaza as Abbas sets up new gov't
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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.
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The Palestinian president swears in a new emergency government, excluding the Islamist movement, Hamas.
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Hundreds of security men from President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement held a rally in Gaza on Wednesday to demand the government he set up in the occupied West Bank pay their salaries.
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In what looked ever more like civil war, the forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas battled those of the Islamist prime minister across Gaza on Tuesday and their unity government headed for collapse.
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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, dropped out after the two sides could not agree on an agenda.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the temporary successor to Yasser Arafat, escaped unharmed Sunday when militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for the deceased Palestinian leader, killing two security guards and wounding six other people.
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GAZA CITY, 15 November 2004 - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas was at the center of a shootout in Gaza yesterday hours after he emerged as Fatahâs candidate in the presidential election scheduled for Jan. 9.
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A top Palestinian security leader and relative of Yasser Arafat escaped unharmed when a car bomb exploded near his convoy in Gaza City, the latest sign of growing chaos as Israel's planned Gaza pullout nears. Israel, meanwhile, expanded its military operation in northern Gaza.
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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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JERUSALEM, Oct. 1 -- The Palestinian security service controlled by Hamas moved forcefully in the Gaza Strip on Sunday to disperse demonstrators loyal to the rival Fatah movement who were demanding months of back pay from a nearly bankrupt government. At least four civilians were killed, including...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected demands on Wednesday by Hamas rivals for control of the breached Gaza-Egypt border and told the Islamist group to "end its coup in Gaza".
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas dissolved the Palestinian government yesterday 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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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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A beleaguered Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared a state of emergency and disbanded the Hamas-led unity government after the Islamic militant group vanquished its Fatah rivals and effectively took control of the Gaza Strip on Thursday.
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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, faces the collapse of Fatah power in Gaza and a putative Palestinian state divided between Fatah and Hamas.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas sacks the Hamas-led government and declares a state of emergency.
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Cabinet ministers in the Hamas-led Palestinian government resigned Thursday, a step toward forming a unity government with Palestinian President Mamoud Abbas' Fatah party.