Israel coalition deal to be inked
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Israel's governing Likud Party and opposition Labour Party are due to sign an agreement to form a coalition.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel was on the verge of a new coalition government after a deal was reached to install opposition leader Shimon Peres as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s official number two.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has approached the opposition Labor party with a tentative offer to join his coalition in hopes of avoiding early elections and saving his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Convinced that 2005 will be a year of great peace opportunities, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is throwing his considerable political weight behind a coalition with the Labor Party.
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Political parties backing the &quot;Orange  Revolution&quot; planned on Thursday to sign a deal on a coalition  government aimed at bringing Ukraine into the European  mainstream.
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Coalition negotiating teams of the Likud and Labor Parties agreed today that Peres will become Israel&#39;s first-ever &quot;Associate Prime Minister&quot; and the senior minister in the government after the Prime Minister.
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Israel&#39;s ruling Likud and opposition Labour parties plan to seal a deal to forge a unity coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza pullout plan, party officials say.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Labor Chairman Shimon Peres reached an agreement Thursday on the latter&#39;s title, paving the way for the establishment of a coalition
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Israel's ruling Likud and opposition  Labour parties plan to seal a deal on Saturday to forge a unity  coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon's Gaza pullout plan, party officials said.
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Hamasâs move is part of a deal to form a Palestinian unity government that will also include the Fatah faction.
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Rival Palestinian factions drew close to an agreement Thursday over the outlines of a power-sharing government in which the militant Hamas group would promise to "respect" peace deals signed with Israel
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JERUSALEM - Israel and the Palestinians yesterday agreed on how to hold next month&#39;s election to replace Yasser Arafat â-he latest evidence of progress toward peace in the post-Arafat era.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party and opposition Labour have haggled over power-sharing in a coalition deal crucial for pushing through an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip.
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JERUSALEM - Israel&#39;s opposition Labour Party has agreed to join a coalition with Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party, a move seen as safeguarding the prime minister&#39;s vow to withdraw from Gaza.
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Israel said on Wednesday it was prepared to make "painful concessions" to achieve peace with the Palestinians, working via an Arab initiative drawn up earlier this year and supported by Egypt and Jordan.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon clinched  a coalition deal with a key Israeli religious party on  Wednesday that he said would allow him within days to form a  government capable of pushing through his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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TEL AVIV, Dec 21  - The formation of Israel&#39;s new coalition government inched closer Tuesday when Labour approved a deal bartered between the main opposition party and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud.