Barghouti passes up race for president
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JERUSALEM - A spokesman for Marwan Barghouti said Friday that the jailed Palestinian leader had decided after all not to run for president of the Palestinian Authority and would back the nominee of his Fatah faction, Mahmoud Abbas.
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RAMALLAH: A day after jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti shocked his compatriots by announcing heâll run for president, many Palestinians denounced him for endangering unity and a smooth transition of power in the post-Arafat era.
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From his prison cell, Marwan Barghouti, a charismatic Palestinian figure, has overturned expectations for an easy transition of leadership to replace the late Yassir Arafat.
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Marwan Barghouti, a popular politician now in an Israeli prison, called for Palestinians to support Mahmoud Abbas in elections on Jan. 9.
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Jailed intifada leader Marwan Barghouti has turned the Palestinian presidential elections into a real contest with his last-minute entry.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for the Palestinian presidency, campaigned on Thursday in the Jenin refugee camp, where he was lifted on the shoulders of gunmen
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Jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti has decided to run in the Palestinian presidential election as an independent candidate to replace late Yasser Arafat,the local Ha&#39;aretz daily reported Thursday.
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The Palestinian political scene is in turmoil today after jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti, in a last-minute reversal, entered the race for president to replace Yasser Arafat, challenging the establishment candidate.
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Polls published Monday showed that jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti poses a serious threat to mainstream candidate Mahmoud Abbas in the Jan. 9 presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat.
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Chief of the Palestinian mainstream Fatah movement&#39;s election campaign Tayeb Abed al Rahimon Monday praised the decision made by Marwan Barghouti, a leading figure of the group
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Jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti dropped out of the race to replace Yasser Arafat on Friday, agreeing to support the candidacy of interim leader Mahmoud Abbas in a move intended to head off a split in the ruling Fatah movement.
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The jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti was poised to withdraw his candidacy for the Palestinian presidential elections last night, leaving the way open for the PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
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CHARISMATIC radical Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti yesterday announced from an Israeli prison cell that he would run to succeed the late Yasser Arafat as president.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Marwan Barghouti, the imprisoned leader of the Palestinian uprising, is dropping out the Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestinian Authority, his campaign manager said Sunday.
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The decision by Marwan Barghouti, an imprisoned Palestinian leader, to run for president of the Palestinian Authority should be welcomed by all who want to see real democracy emerge in Palestine (&quot;Barghouti faces Fatah opposition,&quot; Dec. 3).
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Marwan Barghouti, a fiery Palestinian leader serving multiple life terms in an Israeli prison, indicated Thursday he is running for Yasser Arafat&#39;s position as
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Marwan Barghouti, held in an Israeli jail, is favourite to become Palestinian leader. But his election could be a setback for peace talks, reports Patrick Bishop.