Palestinians vote in landmark municipal elections, row over Blair conference
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Palestinians voted in the first council elections for three decades amid a row over British Prime Minister Tony Blair's plan to prepare the birth of a democratic state at a London conference.
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Palestinians began registering candidates on Saturday for a presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat, while officials warned the vote may be delayed if Israel does not halt military activities.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair explored options for Middle East peace in Egypt on Saturday as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for early elections to break a deadlock between rival factions.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians accused Israel  on Saturday of not carrying out a promised easing of its  military grip on the West Bank and Gaza for a presidential  election to pick Yasser Arafat's successor.
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Palestinian factions hit out at British Prime Minister Tony Blair's plans to host a Middle East conference, saying the London meeting would serve Israeli interests.
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Thousands of Palestinians crammed polling stations in West Bank towns to vote in municipal elections, the first in nearly 30 years and the first time the ruling Fatah movement and the Islamic militant group Hamas competed for voter support.
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Palestinian political groups and intellectuals have declared British Prime Minister Tony Blair persona non grata ahead of his expected visit to the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec 23  - Palestinians in 26 municipalities across the West Bank headed to the polls Thursday as they get the chance to vote for their councillors for the first time in three decades.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians began  registering candidates on Saturday for a presidential election  to replace Yasser Arafat, while officials warned the vote may  be delayed if Israel does not halt military activities.
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Description: Palestinians vote in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in nearly 30 years. Officials say nearly 900 candidates are competing for more than 300 seats in this first of three rounds of municipal voting.
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Palestinians hold municipal elections in parts of the West Bank on Thursday, seen as a dress rehearsal for a presidential vote to choose Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor next month.
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Palestinians called crucial to the success of a ballot to choose a successor to the late Yasser Arafat. Middle East envoy William Burns told reporters on Sunday in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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There is a brewing dispute in Israel over British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s proposal for an international peace conference on the Middle East in January or February after the Palestinian elections, to grant the new Palestinian Authority leadership
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Sunday for a successor to Yasser Arafat and were expected to  elect Mahmoud Abbas, who has pledged to revive peacemaking with  Israel after years of bloodshed.
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JERICHO, WEST BANK -- Thousands of Palestinians crammed polling stations in scattered West Bank towns to vote in municipal elections yesterday that were a warmup for next month&#39;s presidential ballot and the first time the ruling Fatah movement and the
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More than 140,000 Palestinians in the West Bank are heading to 26 ballots on Thursday to elect mayors and municipal councils for their towns and villages.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair urged governments across the world to support Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after he called for early elections to break a deadlock with his Hamas rivals.