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Abbas wins Palestinian election
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-01-10 09:09
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Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud
Abbas (L) celebrates after the close of voting in the West Bank city of
Ramallah, January 9, 2005. Abbas, a Palestinian moderate aiming to talk
peace with Israel, won election as Palestinian president by a landslide on
Sunday, securing a strong mandate to talk peace with Israel after years of
bloodshed.. [Reuters]
A supporter of Palestinian presidential
candidate Mahmoud Abbas celebrates under a portrait of him after the close
of voting in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 9, 2005. Mahmoud Abbas
won election as Palestinian president by a landslide on Sunday, securing a
strong mandate to talk peace with Israel after years of bloodshed.
[Reuters]
Armed supporters of Palestinian presidential
candidate Mahmoud Abbas celebrate after the close of voting in the West
Bank city of Ramallah January 9, 2005. Mahmoud Abbas won election as
Palestinian president by a landslide on Sunday, securing a strong mandate
to talk peace with Israel after years of bloodshed. [Reuters]
Supporters of Palestinian presidential
candidate Mahmoud Abbas celebrate under a huge portrait of him after the
close of voting in the West Bank city of Ramallah January 9, 2005. Mahmoud
Abbas won election as Palestinian president by a landslide on Sunday,
securing a strong mandate to talk peace with Israel after years of
bloodshed. [Reuters]
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