Western powers vow to end embargo on Abbas govt
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Western powers said on Monday they would end a 15-month-old embargo on the Palestinians in a boost to President Mahmoud Abbas's government after he sacked Hamas Islamists who seized the Gaza Strip.
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France told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday it would be "disposed to co-operate" with a planned government involving Abbas's Fatah and Hamas and seek support for it from other Western powers.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas were making a new push Wednesday to restore a cease-fire with Israel that had collapsed under a barrage of Hamas rocket fire
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in the Islamic holy city of Mecca on Tuesday for what officials depicted as a last-ditch effort to end factional fighting and a crippling Western embargo.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and   Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Monday reached a deal   to form a unity government that the Palestinians hope will end   their international isolation and revive aid.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday vowed to press on with early elections as a truce between his security forces and the Hamas government threatened to unravel in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas   reached a deal with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on   Monday to form a unity government the Palestinians hope will   end their international isolation and revive aid.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday installed an emergency government and declared the Parliament led by his Hamas rivals powerless, a move that paves the way for an end to a Western financial embargo.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Saturday for elections to end his violent standoff with Hamas &#151; a gamble that Palestinians will back him as he seeks to weaken the Islamic militants, avoid civil war and keep momentum for peace overtures with Israel.
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European leaders told Palestinian  President Mahmoud Abbas that a unity government must clearly  recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept interim peace  deals for sanctions to end, Abbas aides said on Sunday.
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Russia told Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Tuesday it would try to influence Western powers into lifting an aid embargo on the Palestinian administration but urged the Islamist movement to recognize Israel.
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President Bush says a US embargo against Cuba will remain while the current government stays in power.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas swore in an emergency government on Sunday in a move that could bolster him in his power struggle with Islamist rivals by unlocking foreign aid in the West Bank.
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U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday pledged to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as Israel tightened the diplomatic and economic embargo on Hamas Islamists who control Gaza.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said   on Monday he had reached a deal with Prime Minister Ismail   Haniyeh of Hamas over forming a unity government that the   Palestinians hope will end their international isolation.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States yesterday lifted its embargo on direct aid to, and diplomatic contact with, the Palestinian government, joining the European Union and other countries in a swift demonstration of support for embattled President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against the anti-Israeli militant group Hamas.
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Palestinian leaders urged the world on   Tuesday to accept a planned unity government they hope will   lead to the lifting of an aid embargo on the Hamas   administration.