Bush makes show of support for Abbas
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President George W. Bush praised   Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday for his   efforts to form a national unity government and Abbas pleaded   for U.S. assistance, saying "we are in dire need."
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President Bush on Wednesday resumed  direct assistance to the Palestinian Authority as part of a  renewed push for peace following the death of long-time leader  Yasser Arafat.
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President Bush on Friday set a four-year goal of seeing a Palestinian state established and he and British Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed to mobilize international support to help make it happen now that Yasser Arafat is dead.
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President Bush on Monday promised  newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas direct talks  and proposed a White House meeting after years of shunning  Yasser Arafat, and urged Abbas to quickly bolster Palestinian  security forces to take on militants.
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President Bush said Monday he would welcome newly elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House, extending an invitation he refused to offer to the late Yasser Arafat.
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President Bush on Wednesday pledged  $350 million in aid to the Palestinians to bolster security and  economic development, and said the goal of Palestinian  statehood "is within reach."
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U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday pledged to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as Israel tightened the diplomatic and economic embargo on Hamas Islamists who control Gaza.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President George W. Bush faces a balancing act in West Bank talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, the second day of a Middle East peace mission laden with skepticism.
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President George W. Bush on Monday called for a Middle East peace conference later this year and pledged $190 million in new aid to the government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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President Bush reached out on Monday  to newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas with a  proposal for direct talks and a White House meeting, and urged  him to quickly bolster Palestinian security forces to take on  militants.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush pledged yesterday to ''do what it takes&quot; to help create a democratic Palestinian state living peacefully with Israel and said ''it is possible&quot; such a state could come into being before he leaves office in four years.
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President Bush expressed American  condolences late on Wednesday for the death of Palestinian  leader Yasser Arafat and called it "a significant moment" for  the Palestinians in their bid for peace and an independent  state.
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President Bush said on Friday he saw  a "great chance" of achieving an independent Palestinian state  and pledged to work with European leaders toward that goal.
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US president George W Bush offers his support to efforts to achieve a breakthrough in the NI political process.
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President Bush vowed on Friday to use the next four years to help establish a Palestinian state, and he and British Prime Minister Tony Blair said they
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JERICHO, West Bank Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader and front-runner in upcoming presidential elections, received a warm welcome on Tuesday from thousands of supporters at his first public rally.
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Once again President Bush has shown he really does get it when it comes to the Middle East and that he will not be dissuaded by those who dismiss his peace plan - calling for a democratic