Luring Abbas to the Talks
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Palestinian leader under pressure to clean house ahead of peace summit
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CAIRO, Egypt -- Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for the Palestinian Authority presidency, said Sunday that Palestinians wanted to begin negotiating final statehood terms with Israel as soon as possible and hoped to reach an accord by the end of next
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He may yet drop out, but an imprisoned militant's challenge highlights the political shackles on the U.S.-favored Mahmoud Abbas
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BBC journalist Alan Johnston meets Palestinian President Abbas to thank him for helping secure his release.
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In his run for the Palestinian presidency, Mahmoud Abbas must convince militants to abandon their struggle and let him try diplomacy to win an independent state.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, frontrunner to succeed Yasser Arafat, said Wednesday that he expected negotiations on Israel's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip after Palestinian elections next month.
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The interim Palestine Liberation  Organization (PLO) leader hopes to persuade militants in talks  on Tuesday to halt attacks on Israel to allow a smooth election  for a successor to Yasser Arafat next year, officials said.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas struck a deal Monday to share power with the militant Islamic Hamas, an accord that would restore international aid and could lead to contacts with Israel.
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DAMASCUS: PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas held a second day of talks Tuesday with Syrian officials on a mission to patch up strained ties with the government and with Damascus-based Palestinian opposition groups.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas as he continues a trip aimed at breathing new life into the dormant Middle East peace process and bolstering a UN-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon.
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Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah will meet with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and the Jordanian and Israeli leaders.
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He&#39;s called on Palestinians to back the leading contender, Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen. Middle East Correspondent Jane Hutcheon reports from Jersualem.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he was considering options open to him after the failure of talks with the governing Hamas faction over creating a unity government.
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GAZA CITY, NOVEMBER 16: The new chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, Mahmoud Abbas, met here last night with militant leaders as he began trying to solve the intricate political puzzle that Yasser Arafat left at his death.
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Prominent Palestinian figures have appealed for an end to violence, adding weight to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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Secretary of state to convince Palestinian leaders about US-backed Middle East peace conference.
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The meeting between Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is expected to take place in the Palestinian territories for the first time, aides said.