GAZA WITHDRAWAL PLAN EDGES FORWARD
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s controversial plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip has taken another step forward as MPs approved a multi-million dollar bill to compensate uprooted settlers.
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Israeli PM Ariel Sharon says he will achieve his plans to disengage from Gaza, despite losing key support.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon gave  the go-ahead on Thursday for troops to withdraw from parts of  northern Gaza, media reports said, shortly after they killed  the 100th Palestinian in the largest Gaza offensive in four  years.
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The first group of Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip have agreed to leave under Ariel Sharon&#39;s withdrawal plan. The Israeli prime minister intends to pull out about 8,000 residents
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Israel's divided parliament is widely  expected to ratify Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza  withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a pivotal step toward the first  evacuation of settlers from lands Palestinians want for a  state.
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Tuesday presented to his Likud party the most detailed timetable yet for a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, and warned party rebels the plan "will be implemented, period."   A Sharon ally in the Cabinet said the evacuation of Jewish settlements in Gaza could begin by the end of the year, or several months ahead of schedule.    The initial plan called for a withdrawal from Gaza and four small West Bank settlements in four stages, to be completed by September 2005...
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Jerusalem - Israel could begin withdrawing from occupied Gaza early next year under an accelerated timetable that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plans to present to lawmakers of his Likud party on Tuesday, political sources said.
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ELEANOR HALL: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon looks assured of winning crucial parliamentary approval for his controversial plan to pull Jewish settlers out of Gaza.
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Israel's parliament ratified Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a  pivotal step toward the first evacuation of settlers from  occupied territory Palestinians want for a state.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's chief of staff on Thursday called a Gaza withdrawal plan a possible step toward a Palestinian state, in a clear sign of softening following Yasser Arafat's death.
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Israelâs Gaza pullout plan, threatened by settler resistance, received a major boost when a small Jewish settlement agreed to move as a unit to a village inside Israel.
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JERUSALEM Israel&#39;s Parliament appeared poised Tuesday to approve Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza pullout plan, clearing the way for a withdrawal of Jewish settlers from Palestinian territory for the first time in history.
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Planning for Israel&#39;s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is at an advanced stage and the army is awaiting only the order to go ahead, the Israeli army chief said on Thursday.
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KARNI, Gaza Strip  - Forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the ruling Hamas movement are pushing ahead with expansion plans despite a unity government deal, Palestinian and Western officials said.
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As Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon approaches the first anniversary of his initiative to unilaterally withdraw settlers and forces from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank, his plan faces
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The Bush administration expressed confidence Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon intends to "move forward" on peacemaking with the Palestinians after he withdraws Jewish settlers and Israeli troops from Gaza.
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Israel&#39;s parliament ratified Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a pivotal step toward the first evacuation of settlers from occupied territory Palestinians want for a state.