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			<Headline><![CDATA[Al Qaeda's No. 2 rejects elections]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Ayman al-Zawahiri released a new videotaped statement that said &apos;holding elections won&apos;t lead to Palestine&apos;s liberation&apos;]]></Description>
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			<Date>2006-12-20 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Election, Vote]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/20/al.zawahiri.tape]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Hamas to boycott early elections]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The governing Palestinian movement has said it will boycott early elections called by Palestinian Authority President Abbas]]></Description>
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			<Date>2006-12-18 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Election, Vote]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6190559.stm]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[President Abbas calls for early elections]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Palestinian President called for presidential and legislative elections to end the stalemate between Fatah and the Hamas]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[Abbas said that Palestinians would not be drawn into civil war,
noting the recent violence, including an attack on the prime minister.
Hamas rejected the idea, and it was not clear if it would participate in the elections.]]></Text>
			<Date>2006-12-16 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Election, Vote]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/16/abbas]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Abbas sets July vote on Palestinian state]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Palestinian Authority President called a referendum on a proposal to establish a Palestinian state alongside Israel]]></Description>
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			<Date>2006-06-10 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Election, Vote]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/10/mideast]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Abbas pushes for statehood poll]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Palestinian leader will call a referendum on his plan that implicitly recognises Israel&apos;s right to exist]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2006-06-05 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Referendum]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5049346.stm]]></URL>
			<importance>3.0</importance>
			<Location>Palestine</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Hamas won elections]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Hamas and Fatah supporters scuffled outside the Palestinian parliament building]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[Hamas has operated a network of social and charitable organizations for Palestinians. Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas to keep negotiations moving forward. Israel demanded that the Palestinian Authority disarm the new ruling party and the other terrorist organizations]]></Text>
			<Date>2006-01-26 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Morning</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Opposition Win]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/26/palestinian.election]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Hamas slashes Fatah majority]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Voters loosened the dominant movement&apos;s hold, but the ruling Fatah remains No. 1]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2006-01-25 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Election, Vote]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/25/palestinian.election]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Hamas campaign threatens Fatah Party]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[1.3 million Palestinians will head to the polls in the first parliamentary elections in a decade]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[]]></Text>
			<Date>2006-01-24 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Campaign]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/01/24/palestinian.election]]></URL>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Uncertainty over Palestinian poll]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Campaigning is set to begin in parliamentary elections, amid doubts about whether the poll will actually go ahead]]></Description>
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			<Date>2006-01-02 00:00:00</Date>
			<TimePeriod>Evening</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Campaign]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4576506.stm]]></URL>
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