Barghouthi Drops Out of Palestinian Election
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Jailed Palestinian uprising  leader Marwan Barghouthi has pulled out of a Jan. 9  presidential election to succeed Yasser Arafat, a close aide  said on Sunday.
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A leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas announced Wednesday that its members will boycott presidential elections scheduled for January 9, reports the Associated Press.
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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, dropped out after the two sides could not agree on an agenda.
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The party of former Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmed Chalabi has suspended one of its most senior members for visiting Israel.
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JERUSALEM -- Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi decided yesterday not to run for president of the Palestinian Authority and called on voters to support Mahmoud Abbas, the candidate of the ruling Fatah party, in elections scheduled for Jan. 9.
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Palestinian leader Marwan Barghuti, 43, who is serving five life sentences in an Israeli jail, announced yesterday that he would withdraw his candidacy for the Palestinian presidency.
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Firebrand uprising leader Marwan Barghouthi came under pressure from his Fatah faction Friday to drop potentially divisive plans to run for Palestinian president from his Israeli jail cell.
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Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has said that he will be a candidate in the elections next month. The move has thrown the upcoming election into confusion, as it had seemed interim leader Mahmoud
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Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti may withdraw his candidacy for the Palestinian presidential elections due to be held on January nineth.
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JERUSALEM, Nov. 26 -- Marwan Barghouti, a popular Palestinian leader serving five life sentences in an Israeli prison, decided Friday not to run for president of the Palestinian Authority in elections in  January, associates said.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Militant groups behind many suicide bombings dismissed a call from interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to halt attacks in the days leading up to a Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Jailed uprising leader  Marwan Barghouthi on Sunday quit the race to replace late  Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, ensuring a smooth election  and making the victory of a veteran peacemaker almost certain.
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Marwan Barghouti's withdrawal leaves Mahmoud Abbas without a serious challenger in the Jan. 9 vote to choose the head of the Palestinian Authority.
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Moderate Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's chances of winning a presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat appeared to be sealed after his main rival Marwan Barghouthi pulled out of the race.
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Imprisoned uprising leader Palestinian Marwan Barghouti pulled out of the race for presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat.
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The Palestinian Islamic militant group Hamas said on Wednesday it would boycott a Jan. 9 presidential election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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THE jailed firebrand Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti has decided not to run for the presidency of the Palestinian Authority, lifting the threat of a divided vote in his Fatah faction.