Sharon, Peres seek common ground on coalition govt
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Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peresand Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon have agreed in principlethat if a national unity government is formed, it will last till November 2006
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JERUSALEM - Israel&#39;s prime minister stepped up efforts yesterday to overcome resistance within his right-wing Likud party to include Labour in an enlarged government coalition, ahead of a decisive party meeting next week.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  said Thursday he would seek a coalition with Shimon Peres's  Labor Party and pledged to press ahead with a planned Gaza  pullout.
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Israeli opposition leader Shimon Peres said on Saturday coalition talks between his party and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could be resolved in days, a move likely to avert snap elections and promote a Gaza pullout.
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Israeli Labour leader Shimon Peres said on Saturday coalition talks between his party and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could be resolved in days and were vital to speed up a Gaza pullout and bring Middle East peace.
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Israeli political parties were yesterday bogged down in hard bargaining over the formation of a new coalition government to implement the plan of Ariel Sharon, prime minister, to
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party and opposition Labour have haggled over power-sharing in a coalition deal crucial for pushing through an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied Gaza Strip.
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TEL AVIV : Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told critics in his own Likud party he will continue forging a coalition with the opposition Labour party as hardliners sought to derail his Gaza pullout plan.
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Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, yesterday invited Shimon Peres - an old friend but sometimes a political adversary - to join his government as the two grand old men of Israeli politics prepared to unite to see through a plan to move Jewish
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Israel&#39;s opposition Labour party began talks on Saturday with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party on joining his coalition, a partnership aimed at promoting a planned Gaza withdrawal.
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JERUSALEM  - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon moved swiftly to forge a national unity government after winning approval to reshape his coalition and crushing internal opposition to his Gaza pullout plan.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel reached a deal with Shimon Peres yesterday to name the opposition leader his senior deputy, clearing a key obstacle to a unity government able to abandon the occupied Gaza Strip.
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Israel&#39;s two leading rival political parties worked Saturday toward finalizing details for a new coalition government that would empower Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to pursue
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BEIJING, Dec. 31 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and veteran Labor Party leader Shimon Peres agreed Thursday on a title for Peres, paving the way for the establishment of the coalition government.
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Israel's governing Likud Party and opposition Labour Party are due to sign an agreement to form a coalition.
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The Israeli cabinet met on Sunday as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party and opposition Labour Party worked to finalise their pact to form a coalition government.
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Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to name opposition leader Shimon Peres as his deputy in a coalition deal.