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Mon 11 Nov 2008Talks to end Hamas-Fatah split postponed indefinitely
NEGOTIATIONS TO end the split between Hamas and Fatah were postponed indefinitely on Saturday, deepening the divide between the two leading Palestinian factions.
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip told 11 visiting European members of parliament that the Islamic movement had released 17 political detainees from mainstream Fatah in the West Bank as a goodwill gesture ahead of the talks in Cairo which had been set to begin today. "We expected a similar measure from our brothers in Ramallah, but unfortunately the situation worsened ahead of the meeting," he said.
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