Planned Palestinian elections win widespread backing
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GAZA CITY: Three Palestinian factions that boycotted the last elections gave their backing Sunday for plans to hold fresh polls in the West Bank and Gaza Strip next year.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Sunday for a successor to Yasser Arafat and were expected to  elect Mahmoud Abbas, who has pledged to revive peacemaking with  Israel after years of bloodshed.
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Israel backs the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners in a show of support for Palestinian president Abbas.
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Palestinian officials this weekend begin signing up voters across the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in what US diplomats describe as one of the clearest signs yet
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Tens of thousands of Palestinians rallied in a Gaza Strip soccer stadium Friday in a massive show of support for the ruling Hamas group and its beleaguered government.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the new chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, won a vital vote on Thursday evening from the Palestinians&#39; dominant political faction approving
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Islamic resistance group Hamas has scored significant successes in Palestinian municipal elections, initial results have shown. An unofficial tally gave Hamas control of seven councils against 11 for the Fatah
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Freed from Yasser Arafat&#39;s one-man rule, Palestinians say they are eager and able to build the first real democracy in the Arab world, despite the dangers lurking on the road to Jan. 9 elections.
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Britain&#39;s Foreign Secretary Jack Straw pledged full support for the Palestinian election to find a successor to Yasser Arafat after paying homage to the veteran leader at his graveside.
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ARIEL Sharon won a striking victory yesterday when the Knesset approved his plan to evacuate Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip by a 67-45 vote, a wider margin than supporters had hoped for.
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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&#39;s successor next month.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas has won a huge victory in local polls in Gaza, unofficial results indicate.
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Mahmoud Abbas won a vital vote from the Palestinians' dominant political faction approving his candidacy to succeed Yasir Arafat as Palestinian president.
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BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip  - Palestinians voted on  Thursday in the first municipal elections in the Gaza Strip, a  test of strength between new President Mahmoud Abbas and the  militant Hamas group.
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GAZA CITY, 29 November 2004 - Palestine Liberation Organization chief Mahmoud Abbas won the endorsement of one of the main Palestinian armed factions yesterday before pledging to stop anyone but the official security forces from carrying weapons.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The Islamic militant group  Hamas made significant gains in Palestinian municipal  elections, the first contested by the group sworn to destroying  Israel, initial results showed on Friday.
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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip voted in  their first municipal elections under Israeli occupation on  Thursday in a test of grassroots support for President Mahmoud  Abbas and rival Islamist groups.