Abbas says deal reached on unity govt
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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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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.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 8 -- Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed Thursday to form a power-sharing government and end the armed feuding that has killed scores of Palestinians over the past year.
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Militant groups have agreed to suspend attacks as they near a formal truce deal with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and await Israel's response, a senior Palestinian official said Monday.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the U.N. General Assembly Thursday that the planned national unity government will recognize Israel.
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The Quartet of Middle East peace   mediators were prepared to endorse Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas' effort to form a national unity government on   Wednesday although its platform is still unclear, diplomats   said.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh   of Hamas said on Sunday he remained hopeful a unity government   would be established, brushing aside President Mahmoud Abbas's   assertion that talks had to start from scratch.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas said on Monday he hoped a meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas would result in an agreement on a unity government to end a crippling Western embargo.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas struck a deal Monday to share power with the militant Islamic Hamas, an accord that could restore international aid and could lead to contacts with Israel.
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The Quartet of Middle East peace   mediators on Wednesday endorsed Palestinian President Mahmoud   Abbas' effort to establish a national unity government with   Hamas, which is still officially committed to the destruction   of Israel.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 â Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, agreed today to set up a team of negotiators to flesh out their understandings of what a permanent, two-state solution would like look and require.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions signed a deal to form a unity government on Thursday, hoping to end open warfare between their followers, but it was not clear if it was enough to end an international embargo.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh   of Hamas said on Monday he was close to agreeing a unity   government with President Mahmoud Abbas, which Palestinians   hope will lead to a lifting of Western sanctions.
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A Palestinian unity government will be announced in the next few days and will seek a vote of confidence from parliament next Saturday, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Islamist group Hamas said on Saturday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told Jordan that talks on a unity government with Hamas have hit a "dead end" and he will pursue other options, a senior Palestinian official said on Tuesday.
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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.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  and Labor Party leader Shimon Peres reached a deal on Thursday  that appeared to clear a final obstacle toward forming a unity  government that would press ahead with a Gaza pullout.