Palestinians &#39;ready to work&#39; with any US administration
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PARIS, Nov 3  - The Palestinian Authority is ready to work with whoever emerges as the winner of the US presidential race as long as he is prepared to push forward the Middle East peace process, a senior adviser to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has received assurances from Israel it will do what it can to help facilitate Palestinian election, scheduled for early January.
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President Bush said on Friday he saw a "great chance" of achieving an independent Palestinian state and pledged to work with European leaders toward that goal.
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Israel&#39;s prime minster and the man expected to lead the Palestinians following the death of Yasser Arafat are willing to meet, they said at the weekend.
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Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, won an assurance from Israel yesterday that it would ease its grip on the occupied territories and allow greater freedom of movement before the Palestinian presidential election in January.
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The Bush administration is preparing  with European allies to help the Palestinian Authority organize  January elections and improve its security forces to crack down  on terrorism, U.S. officials and diplomats said on Sunday.
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The Palestinian foreign minister Nabil Shaath said yesterday that the US secretary of state Colin Powell will arrive next week to the West Bank to meet with the new Palestinian leadership.
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Israel is ready to work with a ``responsible&#39;&#39; Palestinian Authority leadership on coordinating an Israeli plan to withdraw settlements from the Gaza Strip and West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said.
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The United States on Saturday welcomed a call by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for fresh elections, expressing hopes it would quell factional violence and allow for a unity government that could work toward peace with Israel.
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Palestinians react angrily to reports the US is willing to accept Jewish settlement construction.
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President Bush said on Friday he saw  a "great chance" of achieving an independent Palestinian state  and pledged to work with European leaders toward that goal.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has arrived in the Middle East for talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials, saying the White House is determined to capitalise on a new opportunity for peace.
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Freed from Yasser Arafat&#39;s one-man rule, Palestinians say they are eager and able to build the first real democracy in the Arab world, despite the dangers lurking on the road to Jan. 9 elections.
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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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The US And Israel Are pinning their hopes on former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat as leader of the Palestinians.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to begin tackling the core issues of a final peace deal, as they prepared for President Bush's arrival in the region Wednesday
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President George W. Bush was the first US president to call for an independent Palestinian state and has pledged that his administration, unlike its predecessors, won&#39;t shore up Arab dictators.