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China Daily | Updated: 2008-09-15 07:33
Abbas vows to stay till 2010
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview published yesterday he will remain in office until 2010, a decision likely to stoke tensions with Islamist Hamas rivals who oppose his peace talks with Israel.
Abbas's Fatah faction says Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections should be held together in 2010. Hamas says Abbas's term ends on Jan 9, 2009.
"I think that the elections for parliament and the presidency should take place together, in January 2010. We will decide, and issue a presidential order accordingly," Abbas told Israel's Haaretz newspaper.
(China Daily 09/15/2008 page8)
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