Campaign Begins  To Succeed Arafat
80569
EL-BIREH, West Bank, Dec. 25 -- Candidates vying to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority kicked off a two-week election campaign Saturday with rallies and speeches that largely invoked the deceased leader's legacy and vowed to continue his campaign for statehood.
658331
Preliminary election results from the West Bank indicate the mainstream Fatah faction is leading in the first Palestinian municipal elections since 1976 despite a strong showing by the militant Islamic group Hamas.
568311
RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat's successors  promised swift elections to replace him Saturday as  Palestinians flocked to his tomb to pay last respects to the  ex-guerrilla who symbolized hopes of a state.
213653
The man widely expected to succeed Yasser Arafat in next year&#39;s Palestinian elections, Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday appeared to win a power struggle in the dominant Fatah movement after a bloody gun battle in Gaza City.
629575
RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat may be dead  -- but his image and his spirit hovered over the fight to  succeed him, as seven candidates launched campaigns on Saturday  playing up their links with the late Palestinian president.
498530
nearly three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential ballot next month to choose Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor. Fatah movement and Islamists sworn to destroying Israel.
31799
Palestinian officials pushed forward on Sunday with plans for life without Yasser Arafat, meeting to set a date for elections to replace their longtime leader after his death.
390706
Campaigning is stepped up for the Palestinian presidential elections, due to take place on 9 January.
97345
The jailed leader of the Fatah movement in the West Bank, Marwan Barghouti, has joined the race to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority in next month&#39;s election.
142081
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - Fatah, the dominant Palestinian faction, has chosen Mahmoud Abbas as its candidate for president to replace Yasser Arafat.
546065
RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Yasser Arafat's image and  spirit haunted the fight to succeed him on Saturday, as seven  candidates launched campaigns playing up their links with the  late Palestinian president.
714594
RAMALLAH, 26 December 2004 - Mahmoud Abbas kicked off his campaign to succeed Yasser Arafat yesterday, pledging to uphold the late Palestinian leaderâs legacy and deliver on his promise of Palestinian statehood.
577257
RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians began  registering candidates on Saturday for a presidential election  to replace Yasser Arafat, while officials warned the vote may  be delayed if Israel does not halt military activities.
303797
RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian officials on  Saturday began registering candidates for an election to  replace Yasser Arafat as officials warned the vote may be  delayed unless Israel halted military activities.
287350
Palestinians began registering candidates yesterday for a presidential election to succeed Yasser Arafat, while officials warned that
354161
Even while mourning the loss of Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leadership ordered preparations for new presidential elections to start immediately and appealed to the United States to take an active role in securing a vote in 60
304817
Palestinians started voting across the West Bank in the first municipal elections in 28 years which will serve as a test for next monthâs presidential polls.