Palestinians sign unity deal
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions signed a deal to form a unity government on Thursday, hoping to end bloodshed between their followers and to win back Western aid halted because of the hostility of Hamas to Israel.
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The move marked a major agreement among the countryâs ethnic and sectarian political blocs on a highly divisive issue.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 â Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, agreed today to set up a team of negotiators to flesh out their understandings of what a permanent, two-state solution would like look and require.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas  has secured an agreement with leading Palestinian militant  groups for a cease-fire of about a month in the Middle East  conflict, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Sunday.
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JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party and the opposition Labour agreed to form a national unity government on Saturday.
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Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agree to form a national unity government, officials say.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian leaders agreed yesterday to establish a unity government including the moderate Fatah party to replace the administration led by the Islamic militant group Hamas, a step that Palestinians hope will lead to the lifting of an international funding freeze that has crippled the government since Hamas took office in March.
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The leading Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agreed to a cease-fire after street battles left at least two people dead, leaders of other parties involved in the talks announced early Monday.
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt&#39;s official news agency MENA reported Tuesday.
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Residents of a small Jewish settlement said Sunday they&#39;ve struck a deal to move to a village inside Israel, giving a boost to the government&#39;s contentious Gaza pullout plan by becoming the first community to agree to be
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The European Union said Friday that the move by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to form a national unity government was a welcome bid to end the deadlock created by January's election victory by the Hamas movement.
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Israel's governing Likud Party and opposition Labour Party are due to sign an agreement to form a coalition.
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JERUSALEM - A senior Israeli official confirmed yesterday that a series of steps to restart the peace process had been agreed by Israel, the Palestinians and Egypt.
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Israel's ruling Likud and opposition Labour parties plan to seal a deal on Saturday to forge a unity coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza pullout plan, party officials said.
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The rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza argued over mosque sermons and collection of donations during Ramadan, but agreed to start observance together on Thursday in a rare note of unity for the holiest period for Muslims.
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt&#39;s official news agency MENA said on Tuesday.
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Israel and Palestine have reached an agreement &#39;in principle&#39; over a set of proposals to guide a comprehensive peace settlement between them, under Egyptian mediation.