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Hamas (حماس Ḥamās, an acronym of حركة المقاومة الاسلامية Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamat al-Islāmiyyah, meaning "Islamic Resistance Movement") is a Palestinian Sunni paramilitary organization and political party which holds a majority of seats in the elected legislative council of the Palestinian National Authority.

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An Israeli security guard is seen standing near a truck with gas at the gas depot in the southern city of Ashkelon, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Police say an explosive device strapped to a gasoline truck was discovered and defused at the entrance to a major gas depot in southern Israel. Israel
Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh gives a speech during Friday prayers in the Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Hamas claimed on Friday that Israeli agents assassinated one of the Palestinian militant group's veteran operatives in a killing allegedly carried out last week in Dubai, and vowed to retaliate. Gaza Strip
Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, sits with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, second from left, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover. Israel Gaza Crisis
A Palestinian woman works in a field in the West Bank village of Al-Aqaba, near Jenin, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. West Bank
The world's tallest tower, Buj Khalifa is seen in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The closure of it's observation deck is potentially disappointing thousands of tourists and marring the spire's image just a month after it opened. The precise cause of the $1.5 billion Dubai skyscraper's closure remained unclear. In a brief statement responding to questions, building owner Emaar Properties blamed the closure on "unexpected high traffic," but then suggested that electrical problems were also at fault. Dubai
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, gestures to Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama during their joint press conference at Hatoyama's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Abbas is on a four-day visit to Japan as part of his Asian tour. Mahmoud Abbas
The Damascus-based leader of Hamas Khaled Mashaal speaks at the opening of the "Arab International Forum to Support the Resistance," in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. The leader of Hamas is calling on the Egyptian leader to stop its construction of an underground steel wall along its border with Gaza. Damascus
Under a picture of Iran's late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, talks with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. Iran
Egyptian soccer fans celebrate in the streets of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, their team's victory over Ghana 1-0 and winning the African Cup of Nations soccer final for the third time in a row in a match played in Luanda, Angola. Cairo
In this photo released by the Palestinian Authority, Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets U.S. national security adviser Gen. James Jones in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Palestinian Authority
Snow covers the Golan Heights, which Israel captured from Syria in 1967, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, with a sign warning people of the 'Frontier Ahead'. Israel's foreign minister harshly warned Syria Thursday against drawing the Jewish state into another war, saying its army would be defeated and its regime would collapse in a future conflict. Syria
A man buys a book at the Palestine stand during the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. The social forum is the annual counterpoint to the World Economic Forum. Palestine
Pakistani protesters rally to condemn the verdict against accused al-Qaida associate Aafia Siddiqui in Quetta, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Siddiqui, 37, was convicted of two counts of attempted murder, though the jury found the crime wasn't premeditated. She was also convicted of armed assault, using and carrying a firearm, and assault of U.S. officers and employees. Al-Qaeda
Warsaw, POLAND: King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud holds Olga(L) and Daria Kolacz Polish conjoined twins who came with their mother Wieslawa Dabrowska for a meeting with King in Belweder palace in Warsaw 26 June 2007. The twins were joined at the abdomen, pelvis, buttocks and spine and successfully separated in January 2005 in an operation funded by Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia
NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 17: Aubrey O'Day (L) and Egypt attend the Baby Phat & KLS Collection Fall 2009 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at Gotham Hall on February 17, 2009 in New York City. Egypt
House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, second from left, listens to President Barack Obama, right, during a meeting of House and Senate bipartisan leaders to discuss the economy and jobs, Tuesday, Feb. 2010, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington. From left are, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., Boehner, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. and the president. Barack Obama
Queen Rania of Jordan, left, walks with Jordanian officials during her visit to al-Salt high school as part of the Madrasati (My School) initiative, in al-Salt city , West of Amman, Jordan, Monday, May 26, 2008. Jordan
A member of Hezbollah's youth movement, the Mahdi Scouts, throws flowers into the sea in memory of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters). Hezbollah

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Palestinian security cadets stand in formation as a man walks by with his luggage during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets stand in formation as a man walks by with his luggage during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not seen, in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, leaving the Western-backed president in control only of the West Bank.

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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not seen, in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, leaving the Western-backed president in control only of the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, and Hamas official Khalil al-Haya speak to the press during their joint press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, and Hamas official Khalil al-Haya speak to the press during their joint press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, second from right, walks with Hamas official Khalil al-Haya, right, after a meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, second from right, walks with Hamas official Khalil al-Haya, right, after a meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, sits with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, second from left, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, sits with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, second from left, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, shakes hands with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, shakes hands with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, shakes hands with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, shakes hands with Gaza Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, during their meeting in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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ASH-SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP- FEBRUARY 4: In this handout image supplied by the PPM, Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh receives Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Sha'ath on February 4, 2010 in Ash-Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip. The visit of Fatah official Sha'ath is the first since the violent takeover of the Strip by Hamas in 2007, with Sha'ath expected to hold talks focused on achieving reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah.

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ASH-SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP- FEBRUARY 4: In this handout image supplied by the PPM, Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh receives Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Sha'ath on February 4, 2010 in Ash-Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip. The visit of Fatah official Sha'ath is the first since the violent takeover of the Strip by Hamas in 2007, with Sha'ath expected to hold talks focused on achieving reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah.

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ASH-SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP- FEBRUARY 4: In this handout image supplied by the PPM, Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh receives Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Sha'ath on February 4, 2010 in Ash-Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip. The visit of Fatah official Sha'ath is the first since the violent takeover of the Strip by Hamas in 2007, with Sha'ath expected to hold talks focused on achieving reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah.

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ASH-SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP- FEBRUARY 4: In this handout image supplied by the PPM, Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh receives Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Sha'ath on February 4, 2010 in Ash-Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip. The visit of Fatah official Sha'ath is the first since the violent takeover of the Strip by Hamas in 2007, with Sha'ath expected to hold talks focused on achieving reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah.

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ASH-SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP- FEBRUARY 4: In this handout image supplied by the PPM, Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh receives Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Sha'ath on February 4, 2010 in Ash-Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip. The visit of Fatah official Sha'ath is the first since the violent takeover of the Strip by Hamas in 2007, with Sha'ath expected to hold talks focused on achieving reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah.

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ASH-SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, GAZA STRIP- FEBRUARY 4: In this handout image supplied by the PPM, Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh receives Fatah Central Committee member Nabil Sha'ath on February 4, 2010 in Ash-Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip. The visit of Fatah official Sha'ath is the first since the violent takeover of the Strip by Hamas in 2007, with Sha'ath expected to hold talks focused on achieving reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah.

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Palestinian women produce handcraft made from recycled domestic waste materials, to be sold as gifts, in an apartment in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Basic goods, food, medicine and materials are scarce in Gaza, since Israel and Egypt imposed a strict blockade on the territory after the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007.

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Palestinian women produce handcraft made from recycled domestic waste materials, to be sold as gifts, in an apartment in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Basic goods, food, medicine and materials are scarce in Gaza, since Israel and Egypt imposed a strict blockade on the territory after the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007.

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A Palestinian woman sorts through recycled domestic waste material that will be used to produce handcraft for sale as gifts, in an apartment in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Basic goods, food, medicine and materials are scarce in Gaza, since Israel and Egypt imposed a strict blockade on the territory after the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007.

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A Palestinian woman sorts through recycled domestic waste material that will be used to produce handcraft for sale as gifts, in an apartment in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Basic goods, food, medicine and materials are scarce in Gaza, since Israel and Egypt imposed a strict blockade on the territory after the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007.

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Palestinian senior Fatah leader, Nabil Shaath, right, meets Hamas leader Khalil Al-Haya, left, in the Grand Palace hotel in Gaza City, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals in 2007. Shaath, a Gaza native, said Wednesday that his three-day trip is meant to improve the atmosphere between the bitter rivals. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.

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Palestinian senior Fatah leader, Nabil Shaath, right, meets Hamas leader Khalil Al-Haya, left, in the Grand Palace hotel in Gaza City, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals in 2007. Shaath, a Gaza native, said Wednesday that his three-day trip is meant to improve the atmosphere between the bitter rivals. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.

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Palestinian senior Fatah leader, Nabil Shaath, center, is welcomed in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals in 2007. Shaath, a Gaza native, said Wednesday that his three-day trip is meant to improve the atmosphere between the bitter rivals. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.

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Palestinian senior Fatah leader, Nabil Shaath, center, is welcomed in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals in 2007. Shaath, a Gaza native, said Wednesday that his three-day trip is meant to improve the atmosphere between the bitter rivals. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.

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Palestinian senior Fatah leader, Nabil Shaath, second from left, is welcomed in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals in 2007. Shaath, a Gaza native, said Wednesday that his three-day trip is meant to improve the atmosphere between the bitter rivals. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.

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Palestinian senior Fatah leader, Nabil Shaath, second from left, is welcomed in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals in 2007. Shaath, a Gaza native, said Wednesday that his three-day trip is meant to improve the atmosphere between the bitter rivals. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.

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Palestinian senior Fatah leader, Nabil Shaath, center, is welcomed in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals in 2007. Shaath, a Gaza native, said Wednesday that his three-day trip is meant to improve the atmosphere between the bitter rivals. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.

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Palestinian senior Fatah leader, Nabil Shaath, center, is welcomed in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals in 2007. Shaath, a Gaza native, said Wednesday that his three-day trip is meant to improve the atmosphere between the bitter rivals. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.

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Palestinian senior Fatah leader Nabil Shaath, center, is welcomed in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals in 2007. Shaath, a Gaza native, said Wednesday that his three-day trip is meant to improve the atmosphere between the bitter rivals. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.

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Palestinian senior Fatah leader Nabil Shaath, center, is welcomed in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals in 2007. Shaath, a Gaza native, said Wednesday that his three-day trip is meant to improve the atmosphere between the bitter rivals. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.

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Palestinian Fatah leader Nabil Shaath, center, speaks to the media in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals in 2007. Shaath, a Gaza native, said Wednesday that his three-day trip is meant to improve the atmosphere between the bitter rivals. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.

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Palestinian Fatah leader Nabil Shaath, center, speaks to the media in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. A senior Fatah leader is visiting Gaza for the first time since the territory was seized by Fatah's Islamic militant Hamas rivals in 2007. Shaath, a Gaza native, said Wednesday that his three-day trip is meant to improve the atmosphere between the bitter rivals. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.

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Palestinian security cadets stand in formation as a man walks by with his luggage during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets stand in formation as a man walks by with his luggage during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not seen, in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, leaving the Western-backed president in control only of the West Bank.

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FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 1, 2010 file photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a news conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel, not seen, in the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in 2007, leaving the Western-backed president in control only of the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian security cadets train with fake guns during a drill at a training base in the West Bank city of Jericho, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. The Palestinian government in the West Bank has announced plans to hold municipal elections on July 17. It will be the first election in the Palestinian territories since the Islamic militant Hamas wrested control of Gaza from Abbas in 2007, leaving him with only the West Bank.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, and Hamas official Khalil al-Haya speak to the press during their joint press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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Palestinian senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath, left, and Hamas official Khalil al-Haya speak to the press during their joint press conference in Gaza City, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010. Shaath crossed into Gaza for talks with Hamas on Wednesday, the first such mission since the Hamas takeover.

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