Palestinians get first full wages in 17 months
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President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency government paid Palestinian Authority workers, excluding some 19,000 who report to Hamas, their first full wages in 17 months on Wednesday.
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Mahmoud Abbas's victory Sunday gives new impetus to negotiation with Israel.
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A special ministerial committee approved the release of 170 Palestinian prisoners yesterday in what Prime Minister Ariel Sharon described as a &quot;goodwill gesture&quot; to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, following the release of an Israeli Druze from a Cairo
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Israel will resume as early as Sunday the transfer of tax funds to the Palestinian government for the first time in 17 months to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas, officials said.
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Israel has agreed to free 170 Palestinian prisoners, Israel Radio said on Sunday.
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Delegations from more than 60 countries are expected to offer around $5.6 billion on Monday to help lift the Palestinian economy and underpin the renewed Middle East peace talks.
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JERUSALEM -- Scores of battle-hardened Palestinians signed pledges to renounce violence against Israel and turned in their weapons yesterday, accepting the Israeli government's first collective offer of clemency in 14 years for gunmen listed as wanted terrorists.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel said yesterday it would free 170 jailed Palestinians in a gesture of gratitude for Egypt's release two weeks ago of an Israeli Arab imprisoned for spying.
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LAPPEENRANTA, Finland  - The European Union has   begun paying social allowance to hundreds of thousands of needy   Palestinians under a temporary mechanism agreed by the Quartet   of Middle East peace brokers.
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Palestinians started voting across the West Bank in the first municipal elections in 28 years which will serve as a test for next monthâs presidential polls.
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A new account set up to bypass an international boycott of Hamas has begun disbursing vital foreign aid to the Palestinians, with tens of millions of dollars expected to be used to partially pay civil servant salaries this week, the finance minister said Sunday.
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The emergency government that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas installed after Islamic militants seized control of Gaza reaped its first windfall on Monday, with the European Union promising to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in crucial aid.
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Israel transferred millions of dollars worth of tax funds to the new Palestinian government, allowing it to pay its workers in full for the first time in a year &#151; while skipping the ones who work for the Islamic Hamas in Gaza.
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Palestinians retrieved belongings from the rubble of dozens of homes and work crews patched up roads and water pipes Saturday &#151; the aftermath of Israel's 17-day military offensive, the deadliest in the Gaza Strip in four years of fighting.
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Israel&#39;s security cabinet today approved a compensation plan that would pay roughly $200,000 to $300,000 to each Jewish family that leaves the Gaza Strip under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s withdrawal proposal.
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Israel let more than 200 laborers enter  from the Gaza Strip for the first time in months on Sunday in a  gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he tries to  strengthen a cease-fire agreed last week.
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JERUSALEM - Senior Israeli Cabinet ministers Tuesday approved the payment of cash advances of up to about $100,000 to Jewish settlers who will be removed from their homes under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to leave the Gaza Strip - the government's first concrete step toward withdrawal.    The 9-1 vote in the Security Cabinet gave a boost to Sharon, who faces growing opposition...