Fatah hopes Barghouti would take back candidacy
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Fatah, the mainstream Palestinian movement, hopes that its former West Bank leader Marwan Barghouti would take back his candidacy for the Jan. 9 presidential election.
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Marwan Barghouti, the popular militant leader imprisoned by Israel for his role in the Palestinian uprising, is relaying messages to new PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas that could
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Marwan Barghouti, held in an Israeli jail, is favourite to become Palestinian leader. But his election could be a setback for peace talks, reports Patrick Bishop.
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Jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti threw Palestinian politics into disarray today when he decided to run for president, reversing an earlier decision.
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Palestinian leadership has asked all the members of Yasser Arafat&#39;s Fatah faction living abroad to return to Ramallah due to Arafat&#39;s illness, Palestinian Communications Minister
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The jailed West Bank leader Marwan Barghuti has decided to run for the vacant post of Palestinian Authority president, according to Abdelrahman al-Shomali, member of the dominant Fatah faction&#39;s higher committee.
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Marwan Barghouti withdrew from the race to replace Palestinian President Yasser Arafat late last night. His withdrawal means there will be a smooth transition in the election on 9 January, with interim leader Mahmoud Abbas the clear favourite.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia told reporters in Ramallah late on Thursday that the Fatah Revolutionary Council will back Mahmoud Abbas as their candidate in the presidential election on January 9.
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The main Palestinian faction, Fatah, is set to back Mahmoud Abbas in January's presidential poll.
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The West Bank Fatah leader, Marwan Barghouthi, is reported to have decided to run for the Palestinian presidency from his prison cell in Israel.
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Marwan Barghouti, a leader of the late Yasser Arafat&#39;s Fatah faction who is serving a life sentence in an Israeli jail, is registering to run for president of the Palestinian Authority.
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The dominant Palestinian political faction Fatah on Monday named Mahmoud Abbas as its candidate to succeed the late Yasser Arafat in a presidential election scheduled for Jan. 9, officials said.
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Fatah chief Farouk Kaddoumi said the group&#39;s leader in the West Bank, Marwan Barghouti, by deciding to seek the presidency of the Palestinian Authority.
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DEIR BALAH, Gaza Strip -- In his campaign for the Palestinian presidency, Mustafa Barghouti has been dragged through the dirt, detained at gunpoint and arrested by Israeli security forces.
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The jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti was poised to withdraw his candidacy for the Palestinian presidential elections last night, leaving the way open for the PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
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MARWAN BARGHOUTI, the jailed firebrand Palestinian leader, has decided not to run for the presidency, aides announced last night, lifting the threat of a divided vote in his Fatah faction.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A close associate of popular Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti was visiting him in jail to discuss his plan to run for the presidency in January despite the party&#39;s choice of another candidate.