| Abbas wins Palestinian election(Reuters)
 Updated: 2005-01-10 09:09
 
 
 
 
 |  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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