Barghouti to run for president
move comes hours after abbas calls for peace talks with tel aviv
By Michael Glackin
Daily Star staff
Thursday, December 02, 2004
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Jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti declared his candidacy for president on Wednesday, in a stunning last-minute reversal that shook up Palestinian politics ahead of the Jan. 9 vote for Yasser Arafat's replacement. Word of Barghouti's candidacy came just hours after Abbas called for a renewal of peace talks with Israel and said the two sides would meet after the election.
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