Mahmoud Abbas: We canât wait
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Q. Many say that Yasser Arafatâs death is a turning point in the Middle East. Do you see it that way? A. Arafat was a symbolic leader for the Palestinian people.
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This weekend's election to replace Yasser Arafat has the potential to usher in the Arab world's first genuine democracy with a peaceful transfer of power that will augur well for the dream of a Palestinian state. The new Palestinian president &#151; widely expected to be Mahmoud Abbas &#151; doesn't have an easy job ahead of him.
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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, pressed Israel and the United States today to make sure that an upcoming Middle East peace conference this fall tackles the big, politically sensitive âfinal statusâ issues.
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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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By the News-Register. Mahmoud Abbas, the interim leader of the Palestinian Authority, has made it clear that he believes terrorist attacks aimed at Israelis must end if there is to be peace between his people and Israel.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestine Liberation Organization leader Mahmoud Abbas each told Newsweek in separate interviews published yesterday that they are prepared to meet each other.
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Cloaking himself in Yasser Arafat's legacy, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas opened his campaign for president Saturday with a pledge to fulfill Palestinian dreams of statehood.
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Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that achieving peace in the region needs a full Israeli readiness for that.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas may call early elections on Saturday in a much anticipated speech after violence between his Fatah group and the ruling Hamas movement stirred fears of civil war.
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Palestinian presidential favorite Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Tuesday never to give up the late Yasser Arafat's bedrock demand that Israel recognize a "right of return" of Palestinian refugees.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he would call for early elections despite Hamas's rejection of the plan.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delays a key speech, raising concern for a new power-sharing deal.
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Mahmoud Abbas, speaking with Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain at his side, renewed his call today for peace talks with Israel.
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Mahmoud Abbas is a confident man, certain of a landslide victory on January 9 in the Palestinian Authority&#39;s presidential elections.
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Palestine Television quoted President  Mahmoud Abbas as saying in an interview Sunday that he is very  close to clinching an agreement with militants on halting  attacks on Israelis.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday he would push on with plans for early elections despite bitter opposition from the Hamas government.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Victory by Mahmoud Abbas,  an advocate of non-violence, in Palestinian presidential  elections stirred hopes Monday he could pursue peacemaking  Israel said must start with a crackdown on militants.