Israel's Sharon Raises Prospect of Early Elections
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  may call early elections if an ultra-Orthodox Jewish party  fails to join a coalition for his Gaza pullout plan this week,  he said in an interview published on Monday.
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Israel's opposition Labour Party  leader called on Thursday for early elections, effectively  scrapping talks to enter the government after Prime Minister  Ariel Sharon's Likud party barred him from any negotiations.
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JERUSALEM, Dec. 9--Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is inclined to call early elections, including for his own office, to end the political and economic crisis in the territories, Palestinian officials said Saturday.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon made a dramatic entrance into Israel's parliament yesterday surrounded by a large phalanx of bodyguards, as security officials voiced concern for his safety before a parliamentary vote on his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has alienated his right-wing Likud party with plans to withdraw from Gaza, begins a new legislative session fighting for his government's survival.    Lawmakers were scheduled to vote on two motions of no confidence Monday, the first day of Israel's winter parliamentary session...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will seek to bring Labor and other parties into his government to avoid early elections after dismissing a coalition partner who voted against the budget.
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Israel's Labour opposition calls for new elections, after Prime Minister Sharon was rebuffed by his own Likud party.
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The leader of the opposition Labour party in Israel, Shimon Peres, has called for an early general election.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday evening that his country will assist the Palestinians in every possible way to hold a smooth election on Jan. 9 next year.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is inclined to call early elections, including for his office, to end the political and economic crisis in the territories, Palestinian officials said yesterday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is planning to call early elections, seeing little point in further talks on a government to replace a Hamas-led coalition boycotted by the West, aides said on Saturday.
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Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, was poised last night to win a critical vote in his Likud party, paving the way for withdrawal from Gaza next year.
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Israel has approved measures it says are aimed at ensuring that next month&#39;s Palestinian election goes smoothly. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the whole world had to see that Israel would allow a free and fair poll.
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Israel's opposition Labour party is  likely to join Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition next  week, a move that could promote a Gaza pullout plan and also  avoid early elections, his spokesman said on Friday.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said yesterday that he will try to get a final Cabinet approval for a Gaza withdrawal as early as next month, four months earlier than scheduled.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ordered the army to step up its war on Palestinian militants before a planned withdrawal from Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to seek parliamentary approval for his new cabinet shortly.