Palestinian rivals to start crisis talks in Mecca
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals open crisis talks on Wednesday to end deadly factional fighting before a new bid to revive stalled peace negotiations with Israel.
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Rival Palestinian factions began a second full day of talks Thursday, focusing on the composition of a coalition Cabinet and what commitments the West would require to lift its financial boycott of a government involving the militant group Hamas.
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MECCA -- In a palace overlooking Islam's holiest site, rival Palestinian leaders vowed yesterday to work out a power-sharing agreement to avert a civil war, asking their followers to abide by a truce during the marathon talks crucial to the peace process with Israel.
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Senior Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will open talks on Monday on the most sensitive issues such as the future of Jerusalem as part of a U.S.-led push for a peace deal this year, officials said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is holding talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas with tensions running high between rival factions over plans for early elections.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began crisis talks with his Hamas rivals in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, vowing to hammer out a deal on a unity government that could end an international blockade.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held crisis talks with Hamas in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday in an effort to forge a unity government and end internecine violence that has killed scores since December.
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Mediation efforts are under way to defuse rising tension between rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah.
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Top Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, under U.S. pressure to start peace talks, met on Monday on a plan to begin tackling some of the thorniest issues after a month-long impasse over Jewish settlements.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the most serious peace talks in seven years would begin on Monday and must tackle all of the most sensitive issues including Jerusalem without delay.
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Palestinian mainstream Fatah movement factions are expected to hold meetings starting Sunday to discuss issues concerning the coming presidential elections.
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The deal to create a Palestinian national unity government, announced Thursday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, threatens to expose divisions between the United States and its European allies while complicating Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's peace mission later this month, diplomats and analysts said...
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet as early as Friday to try to bridge gaps in talks over a document to be presented at a U.S.-run conference on Palestinian statehood, sources close to the talks said.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders are set to meet to try to ease peace problems ahead of the US president's key tour.
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The Fatah-led emergency government in the West Bank is expected to be a central subject of discussion between the Israeli prime minister and President Bush today.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert  and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will hold crisis talks  on Sunday on how to limit Hamas control over Gaza's breached  border with Egypt.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions agreed to form a unity government on Thursday and end fighting and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the new government to respect previous agreements.