Palestinians Set to Vote in Elections
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This weekend's election to replace Yasser Arafat has the potential to usher in the Arab world's first genuine democracy with a peaceful transfer of power that will augur well for the dream of a Palestinian state. The new Palestinian president &#151; widely expected to be Mahmoud Abbas &#151; doesn't have an easy job ahead of him.
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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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Ramallah, West Bank -- Confounding cynics, the Palestinians have embarked on an election process that could make history as the first truly democratic ballot ever held in the Arab world.
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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.
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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 in the West Bank vote in their first municipal elections for almost 30 years.
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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip voted in  their first municipal elections under Israeli occupation on  Thursday in a test of grassroots support for President Mahmoud  Abbas and rival Islamist groups.
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Thousands of Palestinians crammed polling stations in West Bank towns to vote in municipal elections, the first in nearly 30 years and the first time the ruling Fatah movement and the Islamic militant group Hamas competed for voter support.
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Palestinians Saturday started their registration for legislative and presidential elections as well as local councils, without announcing specified date for the 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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Palestinian officials this weekend begin signing up voters across the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem in what US diplomats describe as one of the clearest signs yet
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Palestinians in 26 West Bank towns and villages voted in orderly municipal elections today, an encouraging development before the presidential vote in just over two weeks.
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Seven candidates are contesting the Palestinian presidential elections on Jan. 9. They are:
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Top Palestinian political faction Fatah is to hold its first internal elections for 16 years next August.
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Ten candidates will run in the Palestinian Authority&#39;s presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat, officials said on Thursday after finalizing the list of contenders for the Jan. 9 race.
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Palestinians Saturday startedtheir registration for legislative and presidential elections aswell as local councils, without announcing specified date for theelections.
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More than one million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have registered to vote in upcoming municipal and general elections, officials said Thursday, completing