Cease-fire Near, Palestinian Leader Says
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New Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas  said on Sunday he was close to a deal with militants to cease  attacks on Israelis, a step needed to relaunch Middle East  peacemaking.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says he and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have declared a truce.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in  as Palestinian president to succeed Yasser Arafat on Saturday  and called for a cease-fire with Israel and talks on a final  peace settlement.
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Palestinian security forces will fan out  near Gaza's borders with Israel within days to enforce  President Mahmoud Abbas's order to halt militant attacks on  Israelis, their top commander said Wednesday.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas reiterated calls for his people to drop their weapons in the struggle for a state. a clear change of strategy for peace with Israel after Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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Palestinian leader under pressure to clean house ahead of peace summit
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A Hamas leader said the militant Islamic group could accept creation of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza and a long-term truce with Israel, signaling
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Israel signaled on Saturday it could  ease military operations against Palestinian gunmen if they  halted attacks, but militant group leaders said only a full  Israeli cease-fire could stop fighting.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday there could be an "imminent solution" for the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants.
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An armed group linked to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' ruling Fatah party announced Saturday it was willing to accept a cease-fire if Israel also agrees to stop attacks, a sign of progress in five days of talks between Abbas and militant leaders.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will meet Saturday with militant leaders to push them to honor a days-old cease-fire marred by mortar and rocket attacks on Israeli targets, according to an aide.
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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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Palestinian militants will cease firing rockets at Israel from Gaza on Sunday, President Mahmoud Abbas told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who pledged in return to halt attacks in the territory if the salvoes stopped.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli and    Palestinian leaders declared a cease-fire on Tuesday at a  summit in Egypt aimed at ending more than four years of  bloodshed and reviving long-stalled peace talks.
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New President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday  he was close to reaching a deal with militants to cease attacks  on Israelis, a step needed to relaunch Middle East peacemaking.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that militant groups promised to suspend attacks on Israel in hopes of ending a nearly 2-month-long Israeli crackdown in the Gaza Strip.
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An international agreement, leading to a cease-fire in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, is possible sometime in the next few days, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Saturday.