Palestinian leaders hold inconclusive unity talks
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held inconclusive talks on forming a unity government with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Sunday and officials said the process may take longer than expected.
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas   said on Sunday talks on a Palestinian unity government could   still succeed, brushing aside President Mahmoud Abbas's comment   that they had reached "point zero" and must start from scratch.
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CAIRO -- Palestinian efforts to forge a national unity government are back at ``point zero," President Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet for another session of peace negotiations in Jerusalem on Tuesday but conflicting statements by both parties have clouded the state of progress in the talks.
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JERUSALEM -- Questions over how to deal with the proposed Palestinian unity government overshadowed preparations yesterday for a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders today that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hopes can restart peace talks.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas has frozen talks on forming a unity government   after Hamas said it would not accept interim peace deals with   Israel, two of his aides said on Sunday.
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PLO chief, Syrian leaders discuss stalled Mideast peace process, ways to coordinate efforts to make peace with Israel. By Nagib Khazzaka - DAMASCUS.
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The second summit in a month between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, encouraged by U.S. officials as a way to nurture their fledgling dialogue, produced little progress on Sunday. A Palestinian participant called it "difficult."
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It was unclear how detailed the talks between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas were.
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An American-sponsored meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders ended Monday with little more than a promise to meet again.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas plans a new round of talks with Hamas leaders in   a bid to break a stalemate over forming a unity government, his   aides said on Monday.
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Ramallah, West Bank - The Palestinian leadership held its first meeting Saturday since the departure of the ailing Yasser Arafat, putting on a show of unity to dispel concerns about possible chaos and infighting in his absence.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hold talks on Sunday that are only likely to highlight their divisions over a Palestinian unity government whose formation appears imminent.
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Despite an agreement for a Palestinian unity government, the question of who gets to run internal security is still a stumbling block
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions appeared close to a deal on a unity government at crisis talks in Saudi Arabia on Thursday after giving key cabinet posts to independents, officials said.
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on   Tuesday poured cold water on any hopes a new Palestinian unity   government might seek peace talks with Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas has   frozen talks on forming a Palestinian unity government after   Hamas said it would not accept interim peace deals with Israel,   two of his aides said on Sunday.