Palestinian leaders say rift with Kuwait over
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Kuwait: PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas ended a two-day landmark visit to Kuwait Monday saying the 14-year-old rift over Iraq&#39;s invasion of the emirate had been patched up.
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The somber official end to mourning for Yasser Arafat on Tuesday contrasted with a new sense of optimism in the Middle East after his death.
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The Israeli and Palestinian leaders hold talks in Jerusalem designed to bolster the Palestinian government.
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Leaders of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council agreed Tuesday to put aside their disagreement over the conclusion of bilateral trade accords with the United States, preferring
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions signed a deal to form a unity government on Thursday, hoping to end open warfare between their followers, but it was not clear if it was enough to end an international embargo.
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Palestinian efforts to forge a national   unity government are back at "point zero," Palestinian   President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday.
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The honeymoon's over for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas visited Saudi Arabia on Monday at time when many in the region are hopeful that Israelis and Arabs can make a new start on peace in the wake of Yasser Arafat's death.
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Leaders of the two Palestinian political groups promised to form a new government to end a wave of violence.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions agreed on the formation of a unity government at crisis talks in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, an official said.
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Senior Palestinian officials convened meetings in the West Bank today in response to conflicting reports over the declining health of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, who has been in a
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Palestinian leaders, struggling to deal with a post-Yasser Arafat world, have patched together a two-office arrangement for running the territories.
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Mideast diplomacy has taken off after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held crisis talks with Hamas in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to end the violence between the rivals that has left 90 dead since December and forge a deal on a unity government.
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Ramallah - Former prime minister Mahmud Abbas appears in pole position to grab the lion&#39;s share of power from Yasser Arafat, taking temporary charge of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian leader&#39;s Fatah faction during his enforced
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a month ago appears to have created a new atmosphere for possible renewal of peace efforts in the Middle East.
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KUWAIT CITY -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas apologized to Kuwaitis yesterday for Palestinian support of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein during the 1990-'91 Gulf War, his latest gesture to mend fences with Arab nations offended by the late Yasser Arafat over the years.