Sharon Seeks to Widen Coalition After Losing Parliamentary Vote
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will restart efforts to widen his coalition after parliament voted late yesterday against approving a speech supporting his Gaza Strip withdrawal plan, the government said.
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Israel's Labour opposition calls for new elections, after Prime Minister Sharon was rebuffed by his own Likud party.
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ARIEL Sharon suffered an embarrassing parliamentary defeat yesterday that has raised doubts about his ability to win approval for his contentious plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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AL QUDS, Dec 10: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon moved swiftly on Friday to forge a national unity government after winning approval to reshape his coalition and crushing internal opposition to his Gaza pullout plan.
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JERUSALEM Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, described by aides as more angry than embarrassed over the Parliament&#39;s symbolic repudiation of his term-opening speech, moved Tuesday to renew discussions with opposition parties over reshaping his minority
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  coalition reeled toward collapse on Wednesday over a budget  vote likely to force him to remake his government or call  elections that would imperil his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Party MKs argue abstention would suffice. Meanwhile, Sharon headed for defeat of 2005 state budget, will likely use loss to try and persuade Likud to approve alliance with Labor.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urged his Likud party to vote for a governing alliance with the Labour Party, warning that failure to do so would force snap elections and derail his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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The party of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon votes Thursday, on forming a new coalition government to advance plans for an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday he would seek a coalition with Shimon Peres's Labor Party and pledged to press ahead with a planned Gaza pullout.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  urged his Likud party on Thursday to vote for a governing  alliance with the Labour Party, warning that failure to do so  would force snap elections and derail his Gaza withdrawal plan.  Internal polls predict victory for Sharon in a crucial ballot  by the rightist Likud's Central Committee on whether to allow  him to open talks with center-left Labour on joining a unity  coalition to shore up his shattered government.
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Ariel Sharon, Israel&#39;s prime minister, pledged on Thursday to forge a new national unity government with opposition parties after parliament&#39;s overwhelming rejection of his budget shattered the existing coalition.
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Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed to forge a coalition with the opposition Labour Party on Tuesday, to save his ruined government and stave off snap elections that could stymie his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon today asked the leader of the Labor Party to begin talks on forming a coalition government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  won a crucial Likud party vote on Thursday that will let him  bring opposition Labour into his shattered coalition and power  forward a plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  rebellious Likud party has dealt a severe setback to his plan  to withdraw from occupied Gaza by voting to bar him from  forging a coalition with the Labour opposition.
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Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Prime Minister, has today made a last-minute appeal for his party to back his plan to bring the main opposition Labour party into a new coalition.