Palestinian candidate supports talks, violence
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Marwan Barghouthi, the jailed Palestinian lawmaker and presidential candidate, will try to turn next month&#39;s election into a referendum
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The move is meant to help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against Hamas.
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Mahmoud Abbas has said before that the Palestinians were wrong to use violence against Israel in the &quot;current intifada.&quot; But this time, he said it as a candidate to lead the Palestinians
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President Mahmoud Abbas's ruling Fatah  movement renewed its support on Sunday for a mutual cease-fire  with Israel, reinforcing the Palestinian leader before he meets  Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon this week.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Sunday for a successor to Yasser Arafat and were expected to  elect Mahmoud Abbas, who has promised to revive peace talks  with Israel after years of bloodshed.
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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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Secretary of state to convince Palestinian leaders about US-backed Middle East peace conference.
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Seven candidates are contesting the Palestinian presidential elections on Jan. 9. They are:
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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestine Liberation Organisation chairman, is seeking a halt to violent attacks by militant Palestinian factions as a first step towards restoring the long
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Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate in next week's presidential election, on Monday promised Palestinian refugees they'll be able to return home one day &#151; his most explicit comment yet on an explosive issue that has derailed peace talks in the past.
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The front-runner in the vote for a new Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, gets a rousing welcome in Gaza.
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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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Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for the Palestinian Authority presidency, said yesterday that Palestinians wanted to begin negotiating final statehood terms
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Middle East News, GAZA, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has called for his people to pursue negotiations instead of violence in the struggle for a state, marking out a change of strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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NABLUS, West Bank  - Just two days after branding  Israel the "Zionist enemy," Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas  pledged on Thursday to pursue peace talks following the Jan. 9  presidential election he is widely expected to win.
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As part of his election campaign,Palestine Liberation Organization chief Mahmoud Abbas visited onThursday the northern West Bank town of Jenin and met with localleaders, Palestinian official sources said.
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JERICHO, West Bank Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader and front-runner in upcoming presidential elections, received a warm welcome on Tuesday from thousands of supporters at his first public rally.