Abbas Announces Deal With Hamas
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 11 -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas announced Monday that the governing Hamas movement and his rival Fatah party have agreed on the principles of a power-sharing government and may soon form a new cabinet to lead the beleaguered Palestinian Authority.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday proclaimed a formal end to fighting with  Israel after more than four years of bloodshed.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas declared that  he had won a Palestinian presidential election on Sunday and  dedicated his victory to Yasser Arafat, the iconic leader he is  replacing.
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Palestinian sources said Saturday Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas would present proposals for peace to Colin Powell.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the most serious peace talks in seven years would begin on Monday and the final deal must address all the sensitive issues including Jerusalem.
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GAZA -- Palestinians said Israel agreed yesterday to let Palestinian security forces take control of wider areas in Gaza to solidify a de facto cease-fire and help new President Mahmoud Abbas launch peace talks with Israel.
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The Palestinian president says Fatah and Hamas have agreed a new ceasefire after a week of violence in Gaza.
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GAZA CITY -- Hamas officials gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead yesterday for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in the militant Islamic group's position as it works to end its international isolation.
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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah agree to a ceasefire deal to end fighting in Gaza, reports say.
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Mahmoud Abbas will visit the Gaza Strip to try to convince Palestinian militants to stop attacks against Israel.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert by telephone on Saturday that militant groups had agreed to cease attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip as of 0400 GMT on Sunday, an Abbas aide said.
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Hamas fighters captured one of the last bastions of forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday and the Islamists declared the "liberation" of the Gaza Strip.
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Palestine Television quoted President Mahmoud Abbas as saying in an interview Sunday that he is very close to clinching an agreement with militants on halting attacks on Israelis.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian leaders agreed yesterday to establish a unity government including the moderate Fatah party to replace the administration led by the Islamic militant group Hamas, a step that Palestinians hope will lead to the lifting of an international funding freeze that has crippled the government since Hamas took office in March.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh   of Hamas said on Monday he was close to agreeing a unity   government with President Mahmoud Abbas, which Palestinians   hope will lead to a lifting of Western sanctions.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for the Palestinian Authority presidency, said yesterday that Palestinians wanted to begin negotiating final statehood terms
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The militant group Hamas will accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and a long-term truce with Israel, a leader said Friday, apparently softening Hamas' hardline stance and boosting hopes for renewed peace efforts after Yasser Arafat's death.