Key Palestinian exile may return
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Israel is to allow Palestinian chief Nawef Hawatmeh, exiled since 1967, to travel to the West Bank.
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Just weeks ago, exiled Pakistani former prime minister Nawaz Sharif was stuck on the sidelines of Pakistani politics but he now looks set to go home a hero to many, to challenge the military ruler who ousted him.
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A senior Palestinian delegation headed to France to see Yasser Arafat, but it was unclear whether they would have access to the ailing leader after the hospital restricted
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Prodded by Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said yesterday that they are ready to resume contacts without conditions -- a small step that many people hope could lead to resuming peace talks.
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Marwan Barghouti, held in an Israeli jail, is favourite to become Palestinian leader. But his election could be a setback for peace talks, reports Patrick Bishop.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian leaders decided  in the absence of President Yasser Arafat on Sunday to carry  out a plan to restore law and order in the West Bank and Gaza,  a government minister said.
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withdrawal of troops and settlers from occupied Gaza next year. Militants seek to claim any pullout as a victory. &quot;Islamic Jihad will not be broken by this martyrdom,&quot; said Khaled al-Batsh, a senior political leader in Gaza.
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The exit from the world stage of Palestinian leader and icon Yasser Arafat will mark the end of a turbulent era, and the beginning of a period of uncertainty and possible instability in the volatile cauldron of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s death opens a window of opportunity. The Palestinian leader who loomed so large for so many years - and who had recently been rejected as a partner by Israel
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Fatah, the mainstream Palestinian movement, hopes that its former West Bank leader Marwan Barghouti would take back his candidacy for the Jan. 9 presidential election.
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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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An assassination and continued unrest focus scrutiny on the country's Palestinian refugees
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Nawaz Sharif's expected return from exile will reintroduce to Pakistani politics a power broker who champions democracy but has lined up with Islamists against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf &#151; whatever the cost to relations with Washington.
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As a Palestinian whose father was a refugee in Lebanon from 1948 and whose family continues to live under Israeli military occupation, many around the world expect me and other
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Israel&#39;s Foreign Ministry Director General Ron Prushor said Sunday Egypt might return its ambassador to Israel in the near future.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  -- Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will return to Pakistan from an eight-year exile on Oct. 18 to campaign for office, her party said Friday. The government said she was free to come back but would have to face corruption cases against her.
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Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti may be close to withdrawing from the race for Palestinian Authority president. Hatem Abdel Kader, a member of Fatah&#39;s