UK's Straw Gets Israeli Pledge on Palestinian Vote
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Israeli leaders told Britain's foreign secretary on Wednesday they would do their utmost to let Palestinians hold elections but criticized the top presidential candidate for vowing to follow in Yasser Arafat's footsteps.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw condemned the suicide bus bombings which killed or injured dozens of Israelis today. Mr Straw described the attacks as unjustifiable
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The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, today won an assurance from Palestinian political leaders that they would act to halt the violence against Israelis but ruled out a meeting with Hamas.
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Reviving a long-dormant U.S.  peacemaking role, Secretary of State Colin Powell won an  Israeli pledge on Monday to allow Palestinians enough freedom  of movement to hold an election for Yasser Arafat's successor.
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Israel's parliament ratified Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a pivotal step toward the first evacuation of settlers from occupied territory Palestinians want for a state.
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UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has laid a wreath at the grave of former Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat. Mr Straw is meeting Palestinian leaders at their headquarters in the occupied West Bank, following talks in Israel.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has promised that Israel will work to ensure the Palestinian presidential election is both free and fair.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw  flew to Sudan on Monday to keep up international pressure on  Khartoum to comply with U.N. demands to end the conflict in  Darfur that has already killed up to 50,000 people.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon vowed on Monday to put his Gaza withdrawal plan to a parliamentary vote on Oct. 25, despite persistent violence in the coastal strip
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Britain backed Israel Tuesday in its push for tougher sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sought to increase international pressure on Tehran.
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The UK can play a "key role" in helping Israel and the Palestinians achieve peace, Israel's foreign minister says.
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Israel announces measures to ensure what PM Ariel Sharon calls a "free and fair" Palestinian election.
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KHARTOUM, Aug 23  -- British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw flew into Khartoum, vowing to impress on Sudanese leaders the international community&#39;s growing concern over the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
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Jack Straw wants to push on with Lords reform plans after MPs voted in favour of all its members being elected.
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WASHINGTON -- Israel's top diplomat pledged yesterday to do ''everything that is needed&quot; to ensure Palestinians can hold democratic elections in January -- including guaranteeing freedom of movement in the occupied territories -- but cautioned that the Palestinian people had to make a ''strategic decision&quot; to swear off terrorism for the vote to move the Middle East peace process forward.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was due to hold talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as part of a flurry of diplomacy intended to revive the Middle East peace process.
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Israel's parliament ratified Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a  pivotal step toward the first evacuation of settlers from  occupied territory Palestinians want for a state.