Abbas gets European and Arab backing
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Palestinian President Mahmoud  Abbas won European and Arab backing on Monday for taking  control of Gaza's breached border with Egypt, intensifying his  power struggle with the Hamas Islamists who rule the enclave.
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Dozens of gunmen gave a warm welcome to interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, hoisting him on their shoulders and pledging loyalty to his campaign for the Palestinian presidency.
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The main Palestinian faction, Fatah, is set to back Mahmoud Abbas in January's presidential poll.
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Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Jordan on Sunday in an attempt to seek international support for January&#39;s landmark elections.
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The Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, has received another boost in his campaign to replace Yasser Arafat. The militant al-Aqsa Martyrs&#39; Brigades - the armed wing of the Fatah movement - has announced that it will back his candidacy for the January poll.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Middle East peace hopes  were boosted Monday when Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian  president and the Israeli parliament endorsed Ariel Sharon's  new coalition to implement his planned Gaza pullout.
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UK and Israeli leaders reiterated their support for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in his dispute with Hamas.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas struck a deal Monday to share power with the militant Islamic Hamas, an accord that would restore international aid and could lead to contacts with Israel.
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Tens of thousands of Palestinians pledged  support to front-running presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas  on Friday as he made his first visit to Gaza since the start of  a campaign to succeed Yasser Arafat.
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Mahmoud Abbas&#39;s nomination for Palestinian Authority president received a boost from reports that a jailed Fatah party leader, Marwan Barghouti, wouldn&#39;t challenge his bid and had endorsed his candidacy.
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SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt -- Israel and neighboring Arab heads of state yesterday achieved a rare moment of cooperation: a vow to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah and isolate his Hamas rivals.
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President George W. Bush on Monday will offer new support for the Fatah-led government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, marking a higher profile effort to resolve the Middle East conflict.
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France Thursday expressed support for a planned conference on the Middle East to be held early next year in London, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier saying it is vital to help the Palestinian Authority to ...
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Prime Minister Tony Blair will offer beleaguered Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas support for his controversial call for early elections during a meeting in Ramallah, his spokesman said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas vowed yesterday never to give up the late Yasser Arafat's bedrock demand that Israel recognize a &quot;right of return&quot; of Palestinian refugees.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Middle East peace hopes  were boosted on Monday when Mahmoud Abbas was elected  Palestinian president and the Israeli parliament endorsed Ariel  Sharon's new coalition to implement his planned Gaza pullout.
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The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades backs Mahmoud Abbas' candidacy to replace Yasser Arafat as Palestinian leader.