Powell Urges Mideast Foes to Enable Palestinian Vote
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Secretary of State Colin Powell  launched a new Middle East peace drive on Sunday by saying he  would press both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for steps to  help Palestinians elect a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Israel said ahead of a visit by  Secretary of State Colin Powell Sunday that it would consider  any formal request to pull troops away from West Bank cities to  facilitate a Palestinian presidential election.
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Jerusalem: US Secretary of State Colin Powell, on a fresh Middle East peace push, was due here Sunday for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders ahead of January&#39;s election of a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell told Israelâs prime minister today that the United States wanted to take advantage of new opportunities in the Middle East, and that it supported Palestinian elections set for January 9.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Israel on Tuesday to end its retaliatory incursion into Gaza, while U.S. diplomats at the United Nations vetoed an Arab resolution designed to end the operation.
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Secretary of state to convince Palestinian leaders about US-backed Middle East peace conference.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has launched a new Middle East peace drive by saying he will press both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for steps to help Palestinians elect a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Even while mourning the loss of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leadership ordered preparations for new presidential elections to start immediately and appealed to the United States to take an active role in securing a vote in 60 days.
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Dubai, Nov. 23 (NNN) : US Secretary of State Colin Powell has urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to make the most of new chances for peace in the Middle East.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  he would press both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for steps  to enable Palestinians to elect a successor to Yasser Arafat,  as he arrived in Israel on Sunday.
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JERUSALEM  - US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Israel, with Washington determined to push forward the Middle East peace process ahead of January&#39;s election to find a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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US president urges Palestinian people to choose peaceful co-existence with Israel and reject violence.
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Reviving a long-dormant U.S.  peacemaking role, Secretary of State Colin Powell won an  Israeli pledge on Monday to allow Palestinians enough freedom  of movement to hold an election for Yasser Arafat's successor.
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Israeli leaders told Britain's foreign secretary on Wednesday they would do their utmost to let Palestinians hold elections but criticized the top presidential candidate for vowing to follow in Yasser Arafat's footsteps.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said he will ask Israeli and Palestinian leaders to help the election process for the Jan. 9 Palestinian poll to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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In a bid to &quot;re-energize&quot; the stalled Mideast peace process in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, Secretary of State Colin Powell made his first visit to Israel
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Israel has said it would consider any formal request to pull troops away from West Bank cities to facilitate a Palestinian presidential election, ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Colin Powell.