Annan to support Palestinian unity government
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.N. Secretary General Kofi   Annan on Wednesday voiced support for the formation of a   Palestinian unity government that Palestinian leaders hope   could ease foreign sanctions imposed after Hamas won elections.
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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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European Union foreign ministers  agreed on Friday to back a Palestinian national unity  government being formed by President Mahmoud Abbas with the  Hamas Islamist movement, despite U.S. misgivings.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian leaders agreed yesterday to establish a unity government including the moderate Fatah party to replace the administration led by the Islamic militant group Hamas, a step that Palestinians hope will lead to the lifting of an international funding freeze that has crippled the government since Hamas took office in March.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said he will support an expected decision by a top PLO decision-making body to call early elections.
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Diplomats from several countries have expressed support for the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, after a call for his resignation over the UN role in the Iraq Oil-for-Food programme.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud   Abbas reassured Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that a   national unity government he was negotiating with Hamas would   recognize Israel's right to exist, an aide said.
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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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Secretary-General Kofi Annan will travel to the Middle East later this week, visiting Lebanon, Israel and most likely Syria and Iran to try to garner support for the U.N. resolution that led to the fragile Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire, the U.N. said Wednesday.
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A new Palestinian unity government to be formed after a deal in Mecca between rival Fatah and Hamas factions will not recognize Israel, a political adviser to Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Saturday.
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A U.S.-educated economist with close ties to the Bush administration agreed on Wednesday to serve as finance minister in a Palestinian unity government, despite the threat of a boycott by the United States and Israel.
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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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The UN General Assembly has given Secretary-General Kofi Annan a symbolic show of support in the face of calls by some US lawmakers for his resignation.
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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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Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his support Tuesday to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on his plan to invite the Labor Party into a unity government, Ha&#39;aretz reported, citing an aide of Sharon.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday strongly endorsed the leadership of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who is under fire over allegations of kickbacks and bribes in the U.N. oil-for-food program.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions agreed at crisis talks in Saudi Arabia on Thursday on the formation of a unity government, an official said.