Palestinian rivals arrive in Saudi for unity talks
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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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Rival Palestinian factions began a second full day of talks Thursday, focusing on the composition of a coalition Cabinet and what commitments the West would require to lift its financial boycott of a government involving the militant group Hamas.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrives in Israel for two days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals began crisis talks on Wednesday with a pledge not to leave Saudi Arabia until they had reached an agreement that would end deadly factional fighting.
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The Saudi initiative calls for regional dialogue over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Palestinian mainstream Fatah movement factions are expected to hold meetings starting Sunday to discuss issues concerning the coming presidential elections.
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Top leaders of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party gave their leader the go-ahead Friday to begin forming a unity government with the militant Hamas in an effort to end internal feuding and international isolation, a party member said.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas visited Saudi Arabia on Monday at time when many in the region are hopeful that Israelis and Arabs can make a new start on peace in the wake of Yasser Arafat's death.
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In the first trip to Saudi Arabia by a Russian leader, President Vladimir Putin and his Saudi counterparts are expected to discuss economic and military cooperation and the conflicts that continue to trouble region.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Hamas' top leader in Saudi Arabia next week in another effort to negotiate a national unity government agreement, an aide to Abbas said Friday.
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For the rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, a reconciliation meeting this week in Saudi Arabia may be a last chance to avoid civil war.
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Saudi Arabia sponsored the talks, which aim to coax the two Palestinian factions to agree on a unity government.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas visited Saudi Arabia on Monday at time when many in the region are hopeful that Israelis and Arabs can make a new start on peace in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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Egypt invites the Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders to a summit next week, Palestinian officials say.
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President Vladimir Putin, making the first visit by a Russian leader to Saudi Arabia, met King Abdullah and other senior officials Sunday for talks that touched on regional tensions including Iraq and the Palestinian territories.
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The rival Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza argued over mosque sermons and collection of donations during Ramadan, but agreed to start observance together on Thursday in a rare note of unity for the holiest period for Muslims.
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal arrived in Cairo on Thursday to discuss Egyptian mediation efforts for a prisoner exchange between the Palestinian movement and Israel, a high-level Hamas member said on Thursday.