France backs Palestinian unity cabinet
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France told Palestinian President Mahmoud  Abbas on Saturday it would be "disposed to co-operate" with a  planned government involving Abbas's Fatah and Hamas and seek  support for it from other Western powers.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions agreed to form a unity government on Thursday and end fighting and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the new government to respect previous agreements.
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RAMALLAH - Israel&#39;s Cabinet on Wednesday officially approved a West Bank burial for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who remains in a deep coma in a French hospital, said Palestinian officials.
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Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agree to form a national unity government, officials say.
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France's foreign minister hailed Tuesday's resumed deployment of a much-awaited European Union peacekeeping force in Chad, where a rebellion had halted the troop movement.
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France Thursday expressed support for a planned conference on the Middle East to be held early next year in London, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier saying it is vital to help the Palestinian Authority to ...
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 11 -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas announced Monday that the governing Hamas movement and his rival Fatah party have agreed on the principles of a power-sharing government and may soon form a new cabinet to lead the beleaguered Palestinian Authority.
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Israel&#39;s cabinet adopted a series of measures Sunday, aimed at facilitating Palestinian elections on January 9. The Israeli cabinet&#39;s approval of the measures means Palestinians will be given
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France&#39;s foreign minister on Tuesday praised an administrative panel&#39;s decision to ban satellite broadcasts by Al-Manar Television station, as officials in Lebanon slammed the move as proof of Zionist pressure.
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JERUSALEM, Aug 24  - An Israeli cabinet minister hailed the French government&#39;s stance on anti-Semitism Tuesday as Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom headed to Paris for talks on a growing spate of attacks on Europe&#39;s largest Jewish community.
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UK and Israeli leaders reiterated their support for Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in his dispute with Hamas.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas   reached a deal with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on   Monday to form a unity government the Palestinians hope will   end their international isolation and revive aid.
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The German finance ministry has said it supports French socialist politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn as a candidate for the post of head of the International Monetary Fund.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly yesterday that the planned national unity government will recognize Israel.
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France backed UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's description of the US-led war on Iraq as &quot;illegal&quot; with Foreign Minister Michel Barnier saying that that long-held stance was why his country had opposed joining the conflict.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni says any new Palestinian unity government must meet conditions set by the West.
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The European Union said Friday that the move by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to form a national unity government was a welcome bid to end the deadlock created by January's election victory by the Hamas movement.