Abbas decrees new election rules designed to keep Fatah in power
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas decreed new election rules yesterday intended to make it more difficult for his faction's Hamas rivals to win the presidency or keep their majority in Parliament.
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Â·  President Abbas swears in new government  Â·  Hamas claims its actions have brought stability
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The new Palestinian leadership continued its efforts to patch up estranged relations with Arab regimes in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, with PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei receiving a cautious welcome
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinians elected Mahmoud Abbas, longtime deputy leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, as their new president yesterday by an overwhelming majority, according to several exit polls, giving him what analysts described as a broad mandate to demilitarize the four-year-old uprising and revive peace talks with Israel.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that he is calling new presidential and parliamentary elections at the earliest possible date, a dramatic challenge to the ruling Islamic militant Hamas government.
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RAMALLAH, 26 December 2004 - Mahmoud Abbas kicked off his campaign to succeed Yasser Arafat yesterday, pledging to uphold the late Palestinian leaderâs legacy and deliver on his promise of Palestinian statehood.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he will order early parliamentary and presidential elections in response to what he called last month's "coup" by Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A top Palestinian body backed President Mahmoud Abbas's motion for early elections in the Palestinian Authority on Thursday despite rival Hamas's rejection of the plan.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday  promised steps to halt the use of illegal arms to stem chaos in  Palestinian areas and ensure calm ahead of a Jan. 9 election to  choose President Yasser Arafat's successor.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued decrees to bypass constitutional limits on his powers to establish an emergency government shutting out Islamist Hamas, aides said on Sunday.
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A top PLO body gave its approval Thursday for President Mahmoud Abbas to hold new presidential and legislative elections, a high-stakes gamble meant to sideline Hamas militants but also bound to set off more confrontations between Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas.
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Israel announces measures to ensure what PM Ariel Sharon calls a "free and fair" Palestinian election.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas called on Saturday for fresh Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections, raising the stakes after days of internal violence that has renewed fears of civil war.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas has tightened up Palestinian money-laundering laws aimed at denying cash to rival Hamas Islamists and boosting foreign confidence in Palestinian banks, officials said on Saturday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - New Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas ordered security forces Monday to prevent all  attacks on Israel by militants who have defied his calls for  calm, a cabinet minister said.
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TEL AVIV Mahmoud Abbas, the new leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the man expected to be elected president of the Palestinian Authority, has been making progress in persuading radical groups like Hamas to hold their fire against Israeli
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The interim Palestinian leader promised to set a date for internal elections in the ruling Fatah movement, a Cabinet minister said Friday, in an apparent attempt to persuade the head of Fatah&#39;s restless young guard to drop out