Ruling Fatah movement sets party elections for next August
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RAMALLAH, West Bank The ruling party of the Palestinian Authority has set a date for its first elections in 16 years. A senior Fatah (FAH&#39;-tah) official says it&#39;ll be held on August fourth, Yasser Arafat&#39;s birthday.
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Marwan Barghouti, a leader of the Palestinian uprising jailed by Israel but perhaps the strongest candidate to oust Yasser Arafat's old guard of politicians, plans to run in upcoming presidential elections, a person close to Barghouti said Saturday.
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Elections to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat will be held on 9 January, the interim president announces.
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Zimbabwe's main opposition party will take part in general elections next month "with a heavy heart".
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Arab &quot;Palestinians&quot; launched a voter registration drive Saturday, a first step toward long-overdue elections, and Palestinian Authority/Palestine Liberation Organization &quot;Chairman of Terror&quot; Yasser Arafat promised that voting for parliament and president
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The West Bank Fatah leader, Marwan Barghouthi, is reported to have decided to run for the Palestinian presidency from his prison cell in Israel.
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Palestinian officials scheduled presidential elections for Jan. 9, 2005, pushing forward with steps to a secure a new leader following the death of Yasser Arafat.
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A Palestinian unity government will be announced in the next few days and will seek a vote of confidence from parliament next Saturday, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Islamist group Hamas said on Saturday.
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Iraq's future political landscape began to take shape Friday, as a coalition led by powerful Shiite Muslim groups revealed a few of its candidates in next month's parliamentary election. They include former exiles, a prominent cleric and members of the interim government.
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A government will be comprised Hamas and the Palestinian AuthorityÂs own Fatah party.
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - Fatah, the dominant Palestinian faction, has chosen Mahmoud Abbas as its candidate for president to replace Yasser Arafat.
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Candidates vying to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority kicked off a two-week election campaign Saturday with rallies and speeches that largely
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JEDDAH, 15 November 2004 - With the Palestinian presidential election date fixed for Jan. 9, intense diplomatic moves are expected to begin this week to allow maximum participation and greater transparency
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Fatah al-Sheik, an acolyte of Moktada al-Sadr, is the leader of a newly formed slate that is competing in Iraq's national elections.
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Reports from the West Bank say the mainstream Fatah faction is on course to win municipal elections there despite a good showing by the militant Islamic group Hamas.
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New Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections could be organized in less than 90 days but may not be possible any time soon without Hamas's consent, officials involved in election planning said Saturday.
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Marwan Barghouthi, the jailed Palestinian lawmaker and presidential candidate, will try to turn next month&#39;s election into a referendum