Palestinians Hold Meeting Among Rivals
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The new chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbas, met here Monday night with militant leaders as he began trying to solve the intricate political puzzle that Yasir Arafat left at his death.
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For the rival Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah, a reconciliation meeting this week in Saudi Arabia may be a last chance to avoid civil war.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian premier was to convene a meeting Sunday of Yasser Arafatâs National Security Council, the latest in a flurry of sessions designed to show that institutions continue to function, despite Arafatâs absence.
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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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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas meets the German chancellor to press for support for a unity government.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia sits at the head of the table during a meeting with different Palestinian Factions in Gaza City, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The Palestinian and Israeli leaders agreed on Thursday to meet for the first time in two months after an Islamist takeover of the Gaza Strip prompted both to sharpen their confrontation with Hamas in the enclave.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Monday to see if they can narrow differences over Palestinian statehood ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference in November.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Thursday to try to end an impasse over Jewish settlement building that has paralyzed month-old peace talks.
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Mahmoud Abbas, chairman of the Palestinian liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee, will continue his meetings with Palestinian factions in Gaza City, well-informed Palestinian sources said Tuesday.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet again Thursday as tensions flare over new construction and smuggling from Egypt to Gaza.
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Egypt's government has invited leaders of Gaza's main political groups to hold talks Friday, after a day when Egyptian forces clashed with Palestinians moving through a breached border wall between Gaza and Egypt.
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Israeli and Palestinian security officials meet in an effort to avert Israel's threat to launch a military offensive in Gaza.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Gaza on Thursday for talks aimed at finalizing a unity government deal, a Palestinian official said.
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Gunbattles raged in Gaza on Saturday as senior officials from the rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas met to try to curb an intensifying power struggle which has killed 23 people in three days.
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Lebanon's rival parties are meeting Saturday for unusual, long-awaited talks as their nation remains in political deadlock and faces violence in both the north and south.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is holding talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas with tensions running high between rival factions over plans for early elections.