Abbas puts off unity speech to Palestinians
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas abruptly put off an address he was due to give on Thursday about a new unity government and an official said on Wednesday the delay was due to a dispute with Hamas.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Wednesday his agreement with the ruling Hamas militant group on forming a more moderate coalition government was off.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formally asked Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Thursday to form a new unity government and urged him to abide by peace accords signed with Israel.
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CAIRO - A top Hamas leader rejected a call by PLO chief Mahmud Abbas for Palestinian militant groups to lay down their arms in the fight against Israeli occupation, in an interview published Tuesday.
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MAHMOUD Abbas, who is virtually certain to be chosen as the new Palestinian leader in elections next month, voiced his opposition to the Palestinian uprising in an interview this week and declared it must stop.
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Meeting in Cairo fails to mend the divide between President Abbas and Hamas over Gaza border.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told Jordan that talks on a unity government with Hamas have hit a "dead end" and he will pursue other options, a senior Palestinian official said on Tuesday.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei rejected on Thursday British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s remarks that a peace conference due in London would be devoted to Palestinian reform.
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Hamas on Saturday rejected a deadline set   by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to accept a plan that   indirectly calls for recognition of Israel, which he has   threatened to put to a referendum.
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President Abbas called Saturday for early elections. Hamas says it won't participate.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ended his European tour Saturday without persuading any country to end crippling economic sanctions based on his power-sharing deal with the rival Islamic militant Hamas.Comment
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GAZA CITY - New Palestine Liberation Organisation leader Mahmud Abbas was Wednesday wrapping up a visit to the Gaza Strip after failing to persuade the radical Islamist group Hamas to join the political mainstream.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas formally asked Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Thursday to form a new unity government and urged him to respect peace accords signed with Israel.
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Hamas and President Mahmoud Abbas voiced   conflicting views on Wednesday on unity government policies   central to resumption of international aid to the Palestinian   Authority.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Islamic militant groups behind many suicide bombings dismissed yesterday a call from Mahmoud Abbas, the interim Palestinian leader, to halt attacks in the run-up to a Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas planned talks in Jordan and Europe after failing to persuade Israel or the United States that his incoming unity government would fulfill conditions for restoration of vital foreign aid.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called off a summit with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, seeking commitments Israel will release frozen Palestinian funds and take other steps.