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| June 5, 2005 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 27, 1426 |
Palestinian poll delay angers Hamas
RAMALLAH, June 4: President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday announced a delay in the Palestinian parliamentary election, angering the militant group Hamas which had been expected to do well in its first legislative race. In a public decree, Mr
Abbas said he had decided to postpone the July 17 poll to allow time to resolve a dispute over proposed reforms to the voting law. Hamas called the postponement a “violation of the Palestinian national interest” and of understandings it reached with Abbas to abide by a truce he declared with Israel in February.—Reuters
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