As violence continued to escalate in the Middle East, Palestinian parliament speaker Ahmed Qurei accepted the post of prime minister Wednesday, saying he would form a six-to-eight member emergency Cabinet.

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Two suicide bombings that targeted populated spots in Israel on Tuesday killed at least 10 people, according to witnesses and medical workers.

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Yasser Arafat nominated Ahmed Qurei for the position of Palestinian prime minister Sunday, one day after former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas resigned.

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Just days after asking the Palestinian Legislative Council for more authority to negotiate with Israel and the U.S., Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas resigned his post Saturday.

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Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas appeared before the Palestinian Legislative Council Thursday to ask that the government either give him the support necessary to move forward in implementing the U.S.-backed road map, or end his term.

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Israeli military forces killed a senior leader in the Hamas political movement Thursday in a missile strike two days after a suicide bombing on a Jerusalem bus left 20 people dead.

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Israeli and Palestinian advocates discuss the impacts of the Jerusalem bus bombing and subsequent killing of a senior Hamas leader on the struggle for peace in the Middle East.

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Secretary of State Colin Powell called upon the international community to reinforce the "road map to peace" despite recent violence in the Middle East.

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A suicide attacker detonated a bomb on a packed Jerusalem bus Tuesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding more than 100.

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Analysts examine the state of the peace process in the Middle East after a Palestinian suicide attacker killed himself and at least 19 others Tuesday on a bus in Jerusalem.

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