Date set for Palestinian elections
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Elections for a new Palestinian president to replace Yasser Arafat have been scheduled for January 9, Palestinian officials say.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians hold municipal  elections in parts of the West Bank on Thursday, seen as a  dress rehearsal for a presidential vote to choose Yasser  Arafat's successor next month.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec. 16 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced Saturday that he has decided to call early elections, including for his own office, to end a political crisis in the Palestinian territories that has brought a surge in deadly factional violence over the past...
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Eighteen months after his Fatah movement was trounced at the polls, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority said yesterday that he will call new legislative elections in a move seen as seeking to further isolate the Islamic militants of Hamas.
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After days of internal haggling, Fatah has decided unanimously to nominate Mahmud Abbas as its candidate for the forthcoming Palestinian Authority presidential election scheduled for 9 January.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians began  registering voters for an as yet unscheduled general election  on Saturday, in the first concrete step to meet long-standing  international and domestic demands for reforms.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (09/12/04) - Israeli and Palestinian officials agreed yesterday on the logistical means of holding elections next month to replace late Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat, who died last month.
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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
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Palestinians set Jan. 9 as the date for presidential elections to replace Yasser Arafat on Sunday as the United States hinted it may be ready to resume Middle East peacemaking shelved since 2000.
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Middle East News, RAMALLAH, West Bank, Palestinians voted on Thursday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in nearly three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential ballot next month to choose Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor.
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Palestinians cast their votes yesterday for local councils in 26 towns and villages of the West Bank, opening an election season that officials say will underline the Palestinian Authority&#39;s commitment to democracy.
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Elections to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat will be held on 9 January, the interim president announces.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected on Monday to urge Hamas Islamists to agree to early elections, cede control of the Gaza Strip and hold talks with his Fatah faction, a Palestinian official said.
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Palestinian officials scheduled presidential elections for Jan. 9, pushing forward Sunday with steps to a secure a new leader after the death of Yasser Arafat. Meanwhile, on Sunday, gunfire erupted in the tent set up for mourners of Arafat Just after his successor arrived.
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Palestinians have voted in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in nearly three decades in a dress rehearsal for next month&#39;s presidential ballot to choose former president Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor.
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&quot;The Electoral Commission set the date of January 30 as the date of the election,&quot; spokesman Farid Ayar told Reuters on Sunday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted Thursday  in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in nearly  three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential ballot next  month to choose Yasser Arafat's successor.