Abbas, hosting Rice, hints at new government
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, bolstered by a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said on Wednesday he might opt to dissolve the Hamas-led government and unity talks with the group were dead.
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President Bush on Monday promised  newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas direct talks  and proposed a White House meeting after years of shunning  Yasser Arafat, and urged Abbas to quickly bolster Palestinian  security forces to take on militants.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signaled he is giving up on forming a moderate government to replace the one headed by the militant Islamic Hamas, a decision that could lead to violence or new elections &#151; or both.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are considering meeting ahead of a visit by President George W. Bush, an Israeli government official said on Sunday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he might opt to dissolve the Hamas-led government and that unity talks with the Islamist group had broken down.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Islamic militants to cooperate with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, saying the Hamas government cannot govern in the region.
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The United States may be willing   to accept some easing of the West's boycott of the Palestinian   Authority as President Mahmoud Abbas tries to form a   national-unity government, diplomats said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, bolstered by a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said on Wednesday unity talks with Hamas were dead and he might dissolve the Hamas-led government.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday he would meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on February 19 in a renewed bid to revive stalled peace talks.
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West Bank expansion may complicate Secretary Rice's aim for Israeli-Palestinian talks.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he was considering options open to him after the failure of talks with the governing Hamas faction over creating a unity government.
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President Bush on Monday promised to  assist newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas boost  security and the Palestinian economy, and invited him to the  White House after years of shunning Yasser Arafat as an  obstacle to peace.
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JERUSALEM -- Aides are planning a long-awaited summit between Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, which could revive peace talks, officials from both sides said yesterday. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited Abbas and Olmert last week to push forward such dialogue, stalled by regional violence, the election of a Hamas-led government, and the ...
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A Palestinian official said Sunday he expects the successors of Yasser Arafat to make concessions to Israel on issues the late leader had refused to consider.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday in a new effort to narrow differences ahead of a U.S.-hosted conference on Palestinian statehood due later this year.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday that he was ready to meet unconditionally with the Israeli leader, possibly paving the way for a resumption of long-stalled peace talks.
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JERICHO, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday to bolster peace efforts with Israel after a surprise ceasefire deal in Gaza.