Abbas officer slain after Palestinian election bid
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Gunmen killed an officer loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza on Sunday, a day after Abbas called for new elections in a move that raised the stakes in his showdown with the ruling Islamist group Hamas.
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A group of Palestinians unleashed deadly bursts of gunfire on Sunday as Mahmoud Abbas, a likely successor to Yasir Arafat, arrived at a mourning service for Mr.
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Gunmen ambushed the commander of the  Palestinian intelligence service in the Gaza Strip on  Wednesday, wounding him, killing two bodyguards and fueling  fears of spreading chaos.
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Also, a senior Palestinian intelligence officer and four others were shot to death in their car on Friday in Gaza.
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One version of the story said the gunfire was an assassination attempt aimed at interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Another dismissed it as a misunderstanding that erupted in gunfire simply because there were too many weapons around.
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Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)  chief Mahmoud Abbas met militant leaders on Tuesday in a bid to  halt attacks on Israel and allow a smooth election for a  successor to Yasser Arafat next year, officials said.
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A Hamas commander is shot dead in Gaza, despite a ceasefire aimed at ending Palestinian infighting.
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The Palestinian elections were supposed to take place smoothly with one strong and realistic candidate, Mahmoud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization in succession to the late Yasser Arafat, and a balanced competitor who
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Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a group of Israelis soldiers in the West Bank on Friday, killing one and wounding three, a day after militant leaders in the area told Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas they were ready to abide by a cease-fire.
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At least one Palestinian is shot dead by Israeli troops as he attacked a checkpoint near Gaza City.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (15/12/04) - Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Mahmoud Abbas - the favored candidate to succeed late Palestinian Authority president Yassir Arafat, has made a bid for peace with Israel, calling on Palestinian militant
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At least two Palestinian militants are killed by Israeli forces during an operation inside the Gaza Strip.
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Mahmoud Abbas, who was chosen as PLO Chief to succeed late Yasser Arafat, on Sunday survived an assassination attempt by radical Palestinian gunmen who killed two security service personnel.
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NABLUS, West Bank  - Israeli troops killed a Palestinian militant from President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement on Friday on the second day of a large-scale military raid targeting armed loyalists of the Western-backed leader.
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JERUSALEM -- In a challenge to Mahmoud Abbas, president-elect of the Palestinian Authority, Islamic militants yesterday killed a Jewish settler and wounded three Israeli soldiers with homemade explosives laid on a settlement boundary road in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Mahmoud Abbas says officials will take steps to end lawlessness and violence in the Palestinian territories ahead of scheduled January 9 elections for president.
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Gunmen from rival Palestinian factions killed one person and wounded 10 others in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank on Monday as Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas appealed for an end to the internal fighting.