Israel coalition talks 'impasse'
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Israel's ruling Likud party and opposition Labour struggle to agree over the state budget,  according to reports.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood would not yield a peace breakthrough, seeking to head off a revolt by rightist coalition partners.
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Israel&#39;s ruling Likud bloc and the opposition Labor Party are set to meet Saturday on final details of a national unity government.
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The two main political parties in Israel have hit a stumbling block in negotiations on forming a government of national unity. A deal was expected to be finalised yesterday between Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party and the opposition Labour party.
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Israeli political parties were yesterday bogged down in hard bargaining over the formation of a new coalition government to implement the plan of Ariel Sharon, prime minister, to
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Sunday for talks that seemed likely only to highlight their divisions over a Palestinian unity government whose formation appears imminent.
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The Labor Party Central Committee on Saturday decided to open talks with the ruling Likud of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon about forming a new coalition government, an Israeli TV channel reported.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  shaky coalition Tuesday faced collapse in a row over the 2005  budget, raising the prospect of early elections that would  endanger his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 -- A hawkish faction of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition pulled out of his government Wednesday following the start of talks this week over how to resolve the most vexing issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Reeling from a parliamentary defeat,  Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon prepared on Thursday to  open coalition talks to save his shattered government and avoid  early elections that could stall his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has reached out to his opposition rival with an invitation to enter discussion on forming a new coalition government.
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TEL AVIV : Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told critics in his own Likud party he will continue forging a coalition with the opposition Labour party as hardliners sought to derail his Gaza pullout plan.
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A meeting of the Israeli Labor Party Central Committee to approve an agreement with Likud on forming a new coalition government has been delayed until Tuesday,Israel Radio reported Sunday.
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Arguments continued over a new Palestinian unity government as the secretary of state struggled to hold together her plan.
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Israeli and Palestinian peace talks bogged down in disagreement on Monday for a second time after the Palestinians ruled out addressing core issues until Israel agreed to stop settlement building near Jerusalem.
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Israeli Labour leader Shimon Peres  said on Saturday coalition talks between his party and Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon could be resolved in days and were vital  to speed up a Gaza pullout and bring Middle East peace.
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Israeli Labour leader Shimon Peres said on Saturday coalition talks between his party and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could be resolved in days and were vital to speed up a Gaza pullout and bring Middle East peace.