Sharon bid for coalition fails
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TEL AVIV, Israel (CNN) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party has rejected his request to form a new ruling coalition with the rival Labor Party to back his plan to withdraw unilaterally from Gaza and most of the West Bank.
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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.
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TONY EASTLEY: Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, is no stranger to political crises and survival. His latest problem stems from his coalition partner in government voting against his budget plan to give
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Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, suffered a massive blow to his project to withdraw from settlements in the Gaza Strip last night when his party refused to allow him to invite new partners into the government who might have backed his plans.
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Israel's parliament voted on Monday  to reject a session-opening speech by Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon, dealing a symbolic setback to his disputed plan to  withdraw from some occupied territory.
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Tony Blair&#39;s bid to revive one of the crowning achievements of his seven-year premiership - the Good Friday Agreement - failed yesterday.
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The formation of Ariel Sharon&#39;s new &quot;unity&quot; coalition with the opposition Labour Party was threatened with delay last night after an unexpected hitch.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon this week resumed efforts to change the make-up of his ruling coalition in the wake of an embarrassing 53-44 defeat in a largely symbolic Knesset vote Monday.
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The leaders of Israel's Labour Party back plans for a coalition with Ariel Sharon's Likud but it may not be formed for weeks.
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JERUSALEM -- The Israeli Knesset last night dealt a staggering political blow to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, rejecting on a 53-44 vote his report on the activities of his government, foremost among them his plan to evacuate Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and the northern areas of the West Bank.
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Israeli political parties that oppose Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza withdrawal plan have no place in a future government coalition, one Cabinet minister said.
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Tentative hopes for a revived peace process in the Israel-Palestinian conflict were shattered last night by the collapse of Ariel Sharon&#39;s parliamentary majority and the prospect
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  hopes to persuade his divided Likud party to back him on  Thursday in a vote on rebuilding the government, averting snap  elections and pushing through his Gaza withdrawal plan. In an  11th-hour challenge, Likud rebels opposed to ceding land to the  Palestinians filed a court petition against Sharon's bid to  bring the opposition Labour party into the coalition.
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Israel's parliament on Monday voted  to reject a session-opening speech by Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon, dealing a symbolic setback to his disputed plan to  withdraw from some occupied territory.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  right-wing Likud party voted on Wednesday against his bid to  form a coalition with center-left Labour he seeks to advance  his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's budget is voted down by Israeli MPs, threatening his coalition government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's shaky coalition Tuesday faced collapse in a row over the 2005 budget, raising the prospect of early elections that would endanger his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.