Abbas to seek aid during Kuwait visit
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said he would seek financial aid during his visit to Kuwait on Sunday, the first such trip by a top Palestinian official since the 1990-91 Gulf War soured Kuwaiti-Palestinian ties.
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Top Palestinians are to meet the French president and government ministers in a bid to see their ailing leader, Yasser Arafat, who is in hospital in Paris.
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Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Jordan on Sunday in an attempt to seek international support for January&#39;s landmark elections.
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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 George W. Bush will visit a U.S. military camp in Kuwait on Saturday, on a tour of five allied Arab states he hopes will aid the fragile Israeli-Palestinian peace process and help contain Iran.
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KUWAIT CITY  - PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas apologized to Kuwait for the organization&#39;s pro-Baghdad stand during Iraq&#39;s 1990 invasion of the emirate, at the start of a landmark visit aimed at healing a 14-year rift.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday he would ask President George W. Bush, who visits the Middle East this week, to curb Israel's West Bank settlements for the sake of peace.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s deputy, Mahmoud Abbas, and Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie plan to travel to Paris on Monday to visit the hospitalized president, Palestinian officials said on Sunday.
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Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat is interested in returning former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to activity, according to Fatah central committee member Sacher Habash.
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President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority also declared his readiness to hold talks with IsraelÂs prime minister.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in the Islamic holy city of Mecca on Tuesday for what officials depicted as a last-ditch effort to end factional fighting and a crippling Western embargo.
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President Mahmoud Abbas has asked Israel for permission to bring Palestinian forces based in Jordan to the West Bank to try to shore up his control after Hamas's Gaza takeover, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.
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JERUSALEM -- The Bush administration has decided to ask Congress for funds aimed at bolstering security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, sources with knowledge of the plan said yesterday.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestine Liberation Organisation chairman, is seeking a halt to violent attacks by militant Palestinian factions as a first step towards restoring the long
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants a planned Middle East conference to result in a framework agreement for peace with Israel and set a timeline for implementation, a senior aide said on Sunday.
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Mahmoud Abbas, on the first visit by a top PLO official to Kuwait in 14 years, apologised to the Gulf state for the Palestine Liberation Organisation&#39;s failure to condemn Iraq&#39;s 1990 invasion of its small neighbour.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian leaders were  going ahead with a visit to France to see critically ill  Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, a senior Palestinian  official told Reuters on Monday.