Palestinians 'nearer' power deal
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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah have made progress towards a unity government, Egypt's president says.
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Palestinians ready to compromise will claim to be completing Arafat's journey. So will those wanting to fight on
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Palestine Television quoted President Mahmoud Abbas as saying in an interview Sunday that he is very close to clinching an agreement with militants on halting attacks on Israelis.
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Some participants at the Arab-Israeli talks believe a strong resolve to seek an agreement has been established. Not so fast, say the pessimists
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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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Pakistan&#39;s embattled leader Pervez Musharraf appeared Wednesday to be on the verge of a power-sharing pact with Benazir Bhutto after the former premier said he had agreed to resign as army chief.
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in  principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt's  official news agency MENA reported Tuesday.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud  party and opposition Labor haggled over power-sharing on Sunday  in a coalition deal crucial for pushing through an Israeli  withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip.
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An armed Palestinian group indicates that it would be willing to accept a truce with Israel.
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NORTHERN IRELANDâS political parties have come closer than at any stage in recent history to agreeing terms for a permanent end to disarm the IRA and revive a power-sharing government.
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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah agree to a deal to end fighting in Gaza, Hamas officials say
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators hammering out terms for a peace summit agreed on Sunday to postpone resolving a dispute on releasing Palestinian prisoners that had clouded hope of a breakthrough.
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Senior Palestinian officials said Monday they will start forming a new, national unity government in coming days, but acknowledged that previous dealbreakers, such as control over the security forces and the fate of Hamas' militia, have still not been resolved.
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt's official news agency MENA said Tuesday.
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A leader of the Palestinian faction Hamas says he is ready for talks with Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah.
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Palestinian factions agreed to stop violence and Israel said it would halt its military operations, but it was not clear if the deal would take effect and hold.
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Palestinian militants signaled on Sunday  they would help maintain calm in Gaza for at least a month but  denied Israeli reports they had agreed to a cease-fire at the  behest of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.