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JERUSALEM  - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon moved swiftly to forge a national unity government after winning approval to reshape his coalition and crushing internal opposition to his Gaza pullout plan.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday he would seek a coalition with Shimon Peres's Labor Party and pledged to press ahead with a planned Gaza pullout.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  said Thursday he would seek a governing coalition with Shimon  Peres's Labor Party and pledged to press ahead with a planned  Gaza pullout.
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The Israeli prime minister's Likud Party  reaches a deal with the opposition Labour Party to form a coalition.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon kept his controversial plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip on track on Thursday when he won approval from his own party to form a new national unity coalition government.
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Ariel Sharon, Israel&#39;s prime minister, is fighting to save his government - and Gaza withdrawal plan - after a split in his coalition over his budget plan.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meeting with members of his Likud Party last week. The partyâs Central Committee has authorized him to form a coalition cabinet with Labor.
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Ariel Sharon pledged today to enter talks with opposition parties to rebuild his shattered governing coalition and avert early elections that would jeopardise his plans to withdraw from Gaza.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon clinched  a coalition deal with a key Israeli religious party on  Wednesday that he said would allow him within days to form a  government capable of pushing through his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel was on the verge of a new coalition government after a deal was reached to install opposition leader Shimon Peres as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s official number two.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon renewed efforts yesterday to expand his embattled coalition government, declaring the current political deadlock untenable after his Gaza pullout plan suffered an embarrassing blow in parliament.
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Premier Sharon has already begun to initiate coalition negotiations with Labor, UTJ and Shas, following his significant victory at last nightâs Likud convention vote, which overturned a previous decision by the central committee nixing a coalition with
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stepped up efforts on Friday to overcome resistance in the ranks of his right-wing Likud party to an enlarged government coalition with the centre-left Labour, ahead of a decisive party meeting.
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The central committee of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party began voting Thursday on a resolution that would allow him to form a new governing coalition including the Labor Party.
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Jerusalem: Despite several defeats on the battlefield, Ariel Sharon, the former general turned Israeli prime minister, has finally won the war to implement his Gaza pullout plan after neutralising his internal enemies.
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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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Ariel Sharon, Israel&#39;s prime minister, pledged on Thursday to forge a new national unity government with opposition parties after parliament&#39;s overwhelming rejection of his budget shattered the existing coalition.