To brace stance vs. Hamas, Abbas considers early elections
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is considering calling presidential and legislative elections to strengthen his position, a top aide said yesterday, a move that could deepen the split between the West Bank and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is planning to call early elections, seeing little point in further talks on a government to replace a Hamas-led coalition boycotted by the West, aides said on Saturday.
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Palestinian president says he will order parliamentary and presidential ballots, despite Hamas objections.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 9--Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is inclined to call early elections, including for his own office, to end the political and economic crisis in the territories, Palestinian officials said Saturday.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals prepared on Tuesday for talks on a unity government, with less than two weeks to go until a new bid to revive stalled peace negotiations with Israel.
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A Hamas leader says the group will consider stopping attacks ahead of elections if Israel does the same.
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The PLO backs the idea of early Palestinian elections but Hamas, which won January's poll, condemns the move.
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Hamas is to halt attacks on Israelis in the run-up to elections for a successor to the late Yasser Arafat, a senior leader of the militant group said yesterday.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Monday to press on with early elections as a truce between his security forces and the Hamas government threatened to unravel in the Gaza Strip.
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The White House expressed hope that Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's call for early elections will help quell violence in the region.
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A senior leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) proposed on Monday to halt armed attacks against Israel during the campaign of the Palestinian presidential elections scheduled on Jan. 9.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as early as Sunday, before a unity government with Hamas is formed, officials said on Tuesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Monday to press on with early elections as a truce between his security forces and the Hamas government began to unravel in the Gaza Strip.
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If Mahmoud Abbas wins Sunday's election, he will face enormous challenges when he sits down to work on Monday morning.
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GAZA CITY: The Islamist movement Hamas gave its backing on Sunday for plans to hold elections next year, urging Palestinians to register for the polls which it is expected to contest for the first time.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians began registering candidates yesterday for a presidential election to succeed Yasser Arafat, while officials warned that the vote may be delayed if Israel does not halt military activities.