Israeli Labor Party race takes off
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Labor Party members cast ballots Monday for their leader, a contest that could have serious implications for the makeup of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's governing coalition and his own political survival.
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Israel's Labor Party voted in a runoff leadership election on Tuesday pitting former prime minister Ehud Barak against ex-intelligence chief Ami Ayalon, a race that may help decide Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's future.
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About 1,000 candidates are running for 300 municipal seats in West Bank villages and towns. It will be the first electoral test before the January 9 presidential elections.
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presidential election to choose Arafat&#39;s successor, arrived in Israel after a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday. Mahmoud Abbas -- frontrunner in next month&#39;s poll -- and Ahmed Qurie.
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Seven candidates are contesting the Palestinian presidential elections on Jan. 9. They are:
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An Israeli football team with Arab and Jewish players kick off their first big international match with Newcastle Utd.
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The central committee of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party began voting Thursday on a resolution that would allow him to form a new governing coalition including the Labor Party.
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The primary race could herald a political shake-up of Prime Minister Ehud Olmertâs ruling coalition.
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JERUSALEM - Israel&#39;s prime minister stepped up efforts yesterday to overcome resistance within his right-wing Likud party to include Labour in an enlarged government coalition, ahead of a decisive party meeting next week.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party voted on Thursday in favor of his bid to bring the  opposition Labour party into government, said Army Radio citing  an initial ballot count.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Seven candidates running for Palestinian president, led by front-runner Mahmoud Abbas, kicked off a 15-day electoral campaign yesterday, with most seeking to capitalize in some fashion on the memory of Yasser Arafat.
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Fresh from a painful parliamentary defeat, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel said yesterday he will turn to his old rivals in the Labor
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The race to succeed outgoing PM Shinzo Abe hots up, as two key candidates indicate they plan to run.
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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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Israel&#39;s opposition Labour party is likely to join Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s coalition next week, a move that could promote his Gaza pullout plan and avoid
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Israel's parliament votes on a president, with veteran politician Shimon Peres hoping finally to capture the post.