Who is a really unique leader for Palestine?
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A top Palestinian official said Saturday he would dismantle an elite security unit accused of abuse and corruption in a first step toward overhauling the tangled network of Palestinian security forces.
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The Palestinians' likely next President hopes to take on the militants--and Arafat's legacy
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians elected Mahmoud Abbas, longtime deputy leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, as their new president yesterday by an overwhelming majority, according to several exit polls, giving him what analysts described as a broad mandate to demilitarize the four-year-old uprising and revive peace talks with Israel.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the favourite to succeed Yasser Arafat as Palestinian leader, has called on his people to stop fighting Israel. Mr Abbas said Palestinians had a legitimate right &quot;to express their rejection of the occupation by popular and social means&quot;.
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MAXINE McKEW: The Palestinian leadership has been thrown into turmoil after jailed Fatah leader, Marwan Barghouti, announced his intention to enter the presidential campaign.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians vote on Sunday  for a successor to Yasser Arafat widely expected to be Mahmoud  Abbas, a pragmatist they hope will revive a peace process with  Israel after years of bloodshed.
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GAZA CITY, NOVEMBER 16: The new chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Mahmoud Abbas, met here last night with militant leaders as he began trying to solve the intricate political puzzle that Yasser Arafat left at his death.
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JERUSALEM, Nov. 13 -- Palestinians must act quickly to hold elections for a leader to replace Yasser Arafat if they are to peacefully transform their political system after more than three decades of one-man control, according to Palestinian politicians, academics and analysts.
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One day ahead of a meeting with visiting British Prime Minister Tony Blair, PLO Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) on Tuesday recommitted the new Palestinian Leadership to peace as the strategic option and to late Palestinian leader Yaser Arafatâs legacy
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Senior Palestinian officials said last night that a move is afoot among leaders of the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Ahmed Qureia (Abu Ala), whereby Abu Mazen would replace Yasser Arafat as chairman of the Palestinian
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Mahmoud Abbas, the new leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the man expected to be elected the new president of the Palestinian Authority, has been making
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Many Israelis regard Marwan Barghouti as a future Palestinian leader, but even his admirers agree his record is a complicated one.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- A former communist who runs a respected Palestinian human rights organization, a professor with ties to Islamic groups, and a lawmaker known for exposing government corruption are among the 10 candidates vying to lead the Palestinian Authority, in what analysts here say will be the first truly competitive presidential election in the Arab world.
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Palestinians are moving toward a new generation of leadership, while US and Israeli leaders consider their legacies.
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MARWAN BARGHOUTI, the Palestinian leader jailed for life in an Israeli prison, re-emerged as a pivotal figure in Palestinian politics last night when senior Fatah officials
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Analysis: Why there's little grounds for optimism that Tony Blair, Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas can restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
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The death of PLO leader Yasser Arafat does not mean Israel will be able to make peace with the new Palestinian leadership, because the old guard -- backed by the same