Jailed leader a threat in Palestinian vote
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK -- Opinion polls published yesterday showed jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti poses a threat to mainstream candidate Mahmoud Abbas in the Jan. 9 presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Marwan Barghouti, the imprisoned leader of the Palestinian uprising, is dropping out the Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestinian Authority, his campaign manager said Sunday.
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Marwan Barghouti, a popular politician now in an Israeli prison, called for Palestinians to support Mahmoud Abbas in elections on Jan. 9.
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Jailed Tanzim leader Marwan Barghouti is expected to withdraw from the race for leadership of the Palestinian Authority in the coming days, say senior Fatah sources, if his political demands are met by his election rival, former prime minister Mahmoud
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The Palestinian political scene is in turmoil today after jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti, in a last-minute reversal, entered the race for president to replace Yasser Arafat, challenging the establishment candidate.
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Marwan Barghouti, the jailed Palestinian leader, was on Thursday under pressure from opponents and allies to withdraw his candidacy in the Palestinian Authority presidential elections, just a day after he registered.
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Palestinian leaders scrambled Friday to avoid a rift within their ranks as they prepare for January 9 general elections to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Marwan Barghouti, a fiery Palestinian leader serving multiple life terms in an Israeli prison, indicated Thursday he is running for Yasser Arafat&#39;s position as
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JERUSALEM - Marwan Barghouti, a leader of the Palestinian uprising serving five life sentences in an Israeli jail, will run for the Palestinian leadership, Associated Press reports.
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CANBERRA The Palestinian presidential poll to replace Yasser Arafat, scheduled for Jan. 9, has been thrown wide open by the entry of the jailed Palestinian activist Marwan Barghouti into the race and by Hamas&#39;s boycott.
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Jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti will seek the presidency of the Palestinian Authority, a top official in the ruling Fatah movement said Thursday.
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MAXINE McKEW: The Palestinian leadership has been thrown into turmoil after jailed Fatah leader, Marwan Barghouti, announced his intention to enter the presidential campaign.
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Description: Jailed Palestinian Marwan Barghouti opts not to run in next January&#39;s presidential election, throwing his support behind former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who has been nominated by the ruling Fateh movement.
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The decision by Marwan Barghouti, an imprisoned Palestinian leader, to run for president of the Palestinian Authority should be welcomed by all who want to see real democracy emerge in Palestine (&quot;Barghouti faces Fatah opposition,&quot; Dec. 3).
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Israeli authorities decided on  Wednesday to let a jailed Palestinian revolt leader out of his  isolation cell on Wednesday in what appeared to be a goodwill  gesture ahead of Palestinian elections, security sources said.
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A PALESTINIAN activist serving a life sentence in an Israeli jail, Marwan Barghouti, took centre stage in the Palestinian political drama yesterday when associates said he was planning to seek the presidency of the Palestinian Authority in elections to be
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prison cell, posed an immediate challenge to the front runner, elderly former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas. Likud, from the government for voting against the 2005 state budget in a first reading in parliament.