Vital polls for Palestinian party
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Top Palestinian political faction Fatah is to hold its first internal elections for 16 years next August.
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The two leading Palestinian presidential candidates, Mahmoud Abbas and Marwan Barghouti, are in a statistical dead heat ahead of next month&#39;s election to replace the late Yasir
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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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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- As the young editor of Hamas's weekly newspaper, Sari Orabi is a careful monitor of what he describes as the "surprisingly frank" debate underway within the party that took control of the Palestinian Authority just over five months ago.
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nearly three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential ballot next month to choose Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor. Fatah movement and Islamists sworn to destroying Israel.
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Description: Registration began today for Palestinian presidential elections on January ninth. Palestinians face difficulties as they try to organize a free and fair vote.
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CANBERRA The Palestinian presidential poll to replace Yasser Arafat, scheduled for Jan. 9, has been thrown wide open by the entry of the jailed Palestinian activist Marwan Barghouti into the race and by Hamas&#39;s boycott.
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BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip  - Palestinians voted on  Thursday in the first municipal elections in the Gaza Strip in  decades, a test of strength between new President Mahmoud Abbas  and the militant Hamas group.
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Militant group Hamas makes a strong showing in Palestinian local council elections in the West Bank.
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The main Palestinian faction, Fatah, is set to back Mahmoud Abbas in January's presidential poll.
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Ten Palestinians are listed for a January poll to succeed Yasser Arafat, including a leader jailed for life by Israel.
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Preliminary election results from the West Bank indicate the mainstream Fatah faction is leading in the first Palestinian municipal elections since 1976 despite a strong showing by the militant Islamic group Hamas.
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Palestinians are electing a successor to their late leader, Yasser Arafat.
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Campaigning has been stepped up for the Palestinian presidential elections, due to take place on 9 January. Fatah candidate Mahmoud Abbas called on Israel to dismantle its West Bank barrier at a rally in Tulkarm.
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Palestinians voted on Thursday in the  first municipal elections in the Gaza Strip, a test of strength  between new President Mahmoud Abbas and the militant Hamas  group.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A gunbattle sparked by  militants confronting moderate interim Palestinian leader  Mahmoud Abbas on a visit to Gaza underscores the urgent need  for elections to replace Yasser Arafat, Palestinian officials  said.