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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - A disillusioned Mahmoud Abbas resigned as prime minister Saturday after a four-month power struggle with Yasser Arafat, leaving Israel and the United States without a negotiating partner and prompting calls by some top Israeli officials to expel Arafat. Just hours later, an Israeli warplane dropped a 550-pound bomb on a Gaza City apartment in a botched attempt to kill several top Hamas leaders, including the Islamic militant group's founder, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, who escaped with a minor injury.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Shocked by the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, the Bush administration said Saturday the Palestinians must find a new leader who stands apart from ``a corrupt few tainted by terror'' and will continue to seek peace based on a U.S.-backed blueprint. The statement from press secretary Scott McClellan showed the administration is not weakening in its disdain for Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian Authority chief who created the prime minister's office this year to mollify the Americans and appointed Abbas.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Shocked by the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, the Bush administration said Saturday the Palestinians must find a new leader who stands apart from ``a corrupt few tainted by terror'' and will continue to seek peace based on a U.S.-backed blueprint. The statement from press secretary Scott McClellan showed the administration is not weakening in its disdain for Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian Authority chief who created the prime minister's office this year to mollify the Americans and appointed Abbas.