Hamas Scores Successes in Palestinian Election
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Hamas Islamic militants  scored significant successes in Palestinian municipal  elections, the first contested by the group sworn to destroying  Israel, initial results showed on Friday.
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More than one million Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have registered to vote in upcoming municipal and general elections, officials said Thursday, completing
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Hamas - regarded as a terror group by Israel and the West â-ade a strong showing in West Bank local elections â - first time the Islamic militant group competed at the polls.
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The militant Palestinian group Hamas said Friday it was setting aside its differences with ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and called for a united Palestinian leadership to work toward general elections.
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Hamas says it has taken full control of Gaza, hours after Palestinian President Abbas declared an emergency.
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Senior âPalestinianâ figures Tuesday said Israelâs planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip was a victory for the four-year terrorist campaign against the nationâs Jewish population.
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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah have made progress towards a unity government, Egypt's president says.
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Hamas made significant gains against the ruling Fatah party in Thursday's municipal elections.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The militant Islamic group  Hamas made significant inroads against the mainstream Fatah  movement in Palestinian municipal elections held last week in  the West Bank, official results showed Sunday.
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Militant group Hamas makes a strong showing in Palestinian local council elections in the West Bank.
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Western powers rallied behind Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday after Hamas Islamists routed his forces in the Gaza Strip and began imposing a new order in the enclave after days of bloody civil war.
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The Palestinian elections were supposed to take place smoothly with one strong and realistic candidate, Mahmoud Abbas, aka Abu Mazen, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization in succession to the late Yasser Arafat, and a balanced competitor who
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DAHARIYA, West Bank -- Thousands of Palestinians voted yesterday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in 28 years, with the Islamic group Hamas vying for political power for the first time against Fatah, the main faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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The radical Palestinian group Hamas, which the United States considers a terrorist organization, won an overwhelming victory in Thursday's local elections in the Gaza Strip, capturing almost two-thirds of all the seats being contested.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas won a  landslide victory on Sunday in a Palestinian election to  succeed Yasser Arafat, securing a strong mandate to talk peace  with Israel after years of bloodshed and end corruption at  home.
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The Palestinian census, called off in Gaza last month, is back on track after assurances from international agencies, Hamas officials said Tuesday.
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Israel says its largest incursion in the Gaza Strip during four years of fighting is a victory. But Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, isn&#39;t admitting defeat.