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Interpol 'refuses to help' in Arafat adviser case

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18/05/2012, maannews
Interpol is refusing to cooperate with Palestinian prosecutors to summon a former presidential economic adviser to the West Bank to answer corruption charges, the attorney-general said Friday ...

Abbas amends election law by decree

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18/05/2012, maannews
President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday issued an executive order amending the 2005 election law as a precursor to holding a municipal vote sooner than scheduled, an official said ...

Supreme Court rules against Hebron municipality

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18/05/2012, maannews
The Palestinian Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a decision by local ministers in Hebron, which would have seen the village of al-Dir added to the municipal boundaries of Surif ...

Wanted Arafat advisor: PA funded Arab Israeli parties

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17/05/2012, Jerusalem Post
Mohammed Rashid, wanted by the Palestinian Authority for embezzling millions, says PA funded Arab parties in Israel during general elections; demands probe into Abbas's wealth ...

Arafat adviser 'suspected of embezzling millions of dollars'

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16/05/2012, maannews
A former adviser to late President Yasser Arafat is accused of embezzling tens of millions of dollars, the head of the PA anti-corruption commission said Wednesday ...

Abbas swears in new ministers in Ramallah reshuffle

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16/05/2012, maannews
Palestinian Authority premier Salam Fayyad lost his dual role as finance minister in a government reshuffle on Wednesday, as President Mahmoud Abbas swore in 9 new ministers ...

Zakaria Zubeidi seized by PA security forces, brother says

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14/05/2012, maannews
Former Fatah fighter Zakaria Zubeidi was arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces in Jenin on Sunday, his brother said ...

Witnesses: Palestinian forces seize prominent ex-fighter in West Bank arrest campaign

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13/05/2012, Washington Post
Residents of the West Bank city of Jenin say Palestinian security forces have arrested a prominent ex-fighter in a campaign of arrests that followed the death of its governor ...

West Bank Leader Says Security Forces Can’t Get Guns

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13/05/2012, New York Times
President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority said Saturday that his security forces were struggling because Israel had refused to allow them to import a shipment of weapons, and that he was “very, very, very afraid” of what might happen if one of the Palestinian prisoners on a long-term hunger strike died ...

Palestinian forces seize ex-fighter in West Bank

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13/05/2012, The Seattle Times
Palestinian security forces detained a prominent ex-fighter Sunday, stepping up a campaign of arrests following the death of the governor of the northern West Bank district of Jenin, residents said ...