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Palestinian cabinet quits in reform move by Abbas (Reuters)
14.02.2011 11:43   51 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Reuters, Palestinian, Bank, Well, February, Abbas, West Bank


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) attends a Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah February 12, 2011. REUTERS/Mohamad TorokmanReuters - The Palestinian cabinet resigned on Monday, in an apparent attempt by President Mahmoud Abbas to demonstrate political reform in the wake of the popular uprising in Egypt.


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Palestinian charged with insulting leader online (AP)
22.01.2011 18:38   26 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Palestinian, Bank, Well, Saturday, Abbas, Facebook, West Bank


Palestinian reporter Mamdouh Hamamreh at his home in the West Bank village of Hussan, near Bethlehem Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011. Hamamreh tagged in a Facebook image that mocked the Palestinian president said Saturday he faces trial for insulting a public figure despite already being detained for more than 50 days. Hamamreh said security forces detained him in September, just hours after the image appeared on his Facebook feed. The picture showed President Mahmoud Abbas standing next to an actor who plays a villain on a popular Syrian soap opera, the reporter said. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)AP - A reporter tagged in a Facebook image that mocked the Palestinian president said Saturday he faces trial for insulting a public figure, raising concerns about freedom of speech in the Western-backed Palestinian Authority.


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News reports: gay priest rejected for UK bishopric (AP)
08.07.2010 10:53   20 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: John, British, This, England, Michael, News, Just, Abbas, FIVE, Williams


FILE - This is a July 2, 2004 file photo of the Very Rev.Jeffrey John at St Albans Abbey in St Albans England. The Church of England may be on the verge of promoting a gay priest to bishop, a step that would widen the split over sexuality in the global Anglican Communion. If that happens, it would appear to be a significant turnaround for Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the Church of England and the world's Anglicans, who recently imposed sanctions on the U.S. Episcopal Church for electing a lesbian bishop. According to newspaper reports Tuesday July 6, 2010, Williams is prepared to back the elevation of the Very Rev. Jeffrey John, who withdrew seven years ago from an appointment as a suffragan (assistant) bishop in the face of a heated controversy about his homosexuality. Williams' office will not comment. (AP Photo/Michael Stephens/PA File) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT **AP - A Church of England committee has decided against nominating a gay priest to become a bishop, British news reports said Thursday.


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Abbas 'will not seek re-election'
05.11.2009 21:25   39 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: President, Palestinian, January, Abbas


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will not seek re-election in polls scheduled for January 2010. Czytaj więcej »

Abbas says he won't run in January election
05.11.2009 21:21   12 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Israeli, United, Bank, States, United States, Well, January, Abbas, West Bank


In a televised speech to the Palestinians, Mahmoud Abbas said he has told his "brothers" in the Fatah movement of his "desire not to run in the upcoming elections." But Abbas' careful wording left room for the possibility that he could be persuaded to change his mind, especially if he perceives the United States as backing his position on demanding an end to Israeli construction in West Bank settlements. Abbas' tenuous internal political position would make it difficult for him to agree to...

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