Israel's Labour, Likud Work to Close Coalition Deal
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud  party and opposition Labor haggled over power-sharing on Sunday  in a coalition deal crucial for pushing through an Israeli  withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party and opposition Labour have haggled over power-sharing in a coalition deal crucial for pushing through an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip.
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The Israeli cabinet met on Sunday as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party and opposition Labour Party worked to finalise their pact to form a coalition government.
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A hawkish faction in Prime Minister Ehud Olmertâs coalition pulled out of the government, weakening him at a time when he needs broad support to reach a peace deal.
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JERUSALEM, Jan. 16 -- A hawkish faction of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's coalition pulled out of his government Wednesday following the start of talks this week over how to resolve the most vexing issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Labour Party chief Shimon Peres  appealed to hard-liners in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Likud  on Friday to drop their opposition to forging a unity coalition  seen as vital to keeping Israel's Gaza withdrawal on track.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Friday invited the opposition Labor Party into the government, officials said, seeking to shore up his coalition as Israel's plans to pull out of the Gaza Strip move into high gear.
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Coalition peace talks have begun between Israel&#39;s opposition Labour party and the Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon. Labour leader Shimon Peres said that his party want a guarantee that the government fulfils its
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud party and opposition Labour were working to iron out last  minute hitches to forging a unity coalition crucial to carrying  out Sharon's Gaza pullout plan.
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Labor Party leader MK Shimon Peres reiterated his position today, believing a coalition agreement to join a Likud-led government remains a possibility.
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Israel&#39;s opposition Labour party began talks on Saturday with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party on joining his coalition, a partnership aimed at promoting a planned Gaza withdrawal.
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Israel&#39;s ruling Likud party has closed a deal with the opposition Labor party to form a unity government. Under the agreement, Labor leader Shimon Peres will be second in command to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  and Labor Party leader Shimon Peres reached a deal on Thursday  that appeared to clear a final obstacle toward forming a unity  government that would press ahead with a Gaza pullout.
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An agreement for a coalition partnership between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s party Likud and main opposition Labor Party was snagged on a constitutional problem over the position of Vice Prime Minister which Labor Party leader Simon Peres
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JERUSALEM - Israel&#39;s prime minister stepped up efforts yesterday to overcome resistance within his right-wing Likud party to include Labour in an enlarged government coalition, ahead of a decisive party meeting next week.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party voted to support talks to bring Labor and other opposition parties into the coalition to keep the government afloat after it lost its last remaining partner a week ago.
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Israel&#39;s ruling Likud and opposition Labour parties plan to seal a deal to forge a unity coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza pullout plan, party officials say.