European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 19 2007 stars and stripes Page 7 Hamas Fatah coalition wins parliament of Mohammed Osta Hamas palestinian authority president Mahmoud Abbas left and prime minis Ter Ismail Haniyeh from Hamas lift their arms together saturday at a special session of parliament in Gaza City the associated press Gaza City Gaza strip the new Hamas Fatah coalition won overwhelming parliament approval saturday but must now try to persuade the world to end a year Long Boycott of the palestinian government after the 833 vote was announced lawmakers jumped up from their seats and clapped prime minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas said the coalition wants to set up a palestinian state in the lands Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast War he said the Palestin ians affirm the right to resist occupation but also will seek to expand a truce with Israel the platform fell Short of inter National conditions 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significant step in the right direction said the uns Mideast envoy Alvaro de Soto who attended the session we will be watching with interest to see How this program is implemented parliament met simultaneously in Gaza City and in Ramallal with a video link palestinian Law makers cannot meet in one place because of israeli travel bans a vote was set for late afternoon the coalition replaces a govern ment led by the islamic Ini Litant group Hamas which carried out dozens of suicide bombings against Israel and swept parliamentary elections last year Haniyeh said the government wants to expand a ceasefire with Israel yet also affirms that Resis Tance in All its Means including the popular resistance against occupation is a palestinian right popular resistance is jargon for demonstrations and other Nonio Lent protests in his speech to parliament Abbas said saturday that the palestinian people reject violence in All its forms and seek a comprehensive peace based on negotiations Abbas said the palestinians extend their hand to Israel to achieve the peace of Freedom and Equality and urge it to make a Mutual commitment to Stop All violence Chavez talks to abcs Walters about Bush marriage Coffee the associated press Caracas Venezuela Abc news Barbara Walters said Fri Day that venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is an intelligent and passionate Man to say nothing of heavily caffeinated Walters interviewed Chavez last week in Caracas discussing topics ranging from his family life to his disdain for president Bush in clips aired Friday on Good morning America at one Point she urged Chavez to drink his Coffee saying i under stand you drink too much Coffee Chavez replied through an interpreter i drink a lot of Coffee Walters noted that Chavez is divorced and asked whether he wants to remarry it is very hard to be married Chavez said i have been mar ried twice Walters also asked Chavez about calling Bush the Devil a Donkey and a murderer yes i called him a Devil in the United nations in another Occa Sion another time i said that he was a Donkey because i think he is very ignorant about things that Are actually happening in latin America and the world if that is in excess on my part i accept and i might apologize but who is causing More harm do i cause any harm by calling him a Devil he Burns peo ple villages and he in Vades nations asked if he would in Vite Bush to Venezuela under any circumstances Chavez said no after part of the interview was shown Walters offered her impressions about Chavez Hes passionate about his Dis like for George Bush he does like this country Hes passionate about his feelings about America he feels that with a new presi Dent that we can be friends he cares very much about poverty Hes a socialist Walters said but Hes not the crazy Man weve heard she added this is a very intelligent Man Chavez kyrgyz officials airmans shooting of Driver is murder the associated press Bishkek Kyrgyzstan a us service member who shot dead a kyrgyz civilian at a us air base had exceeded the limits of Sel defense and murdered the Man kyrgyz authorities said Fri Day our investigation has concluded that it clearly was murder through exceeding the limits of Sel defense said to Krogul Wakche keyed a spokesman for the general prosecutors office however he said the airman could not be charged because of the immunity granted to us ser Vic members at the Manas air base near the capital Bishkek which supports operations in Afghanistan the shooting took place in de Cember when truck Driver Alex Ander Ivanov was going through a Security Check at the Entrance to the base the us military has said that Ivanov was fired upon after he threatened the airman with a knife the us investigation of the incident has not been completed yet according to the us embassy