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PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Talks on joint Hamas-Fatah security force fall through
Representatives of rival factions Fatah and Hamas have failed to agree on the formation of a joint security force in the Gaza Strip in Egyptian-brokered talks, despite previous reports that the discussions had met with success.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Fatah and Hamas agree to joint Gaza security force
MENA, Egypt's official news agency, said Sunday that representatives of rival factions Fatah and Hamas agreed to form a joint security force in the Gaza Strip. They are meeting in Cairo for a fresh round of reconciliation talks.
EGYPT
Rival Palestinian factions return for unity talks
Palestinian rival factions Hamas and Fatah are set to meet in Cairo on Monday to resume talks on forming a national unity government. But hopes of progress were dim after Hamas predicted obstacles.
EGYPT
Palestinian unity talks expected to restart in Cairo
Egyptian-mediated reconciliation talks between Hamas and Palestinian Authority representatives are set to restart on Wednesday nearly two weeks after talks adjourned since both parties failed to agree on a power sharing deal.
LEBANON
Senior Fatah official killed in blast
An explosion in southern Lebanon killed Fatah official Kamal Medhat and three other people as they drove near the Mieh Mieh refugee camp.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
PM resigns to make way for unity government
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (pictured) has resigned from his post to pave the way for the formation of a national unity government, his office said.
06/03/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE MIDDLE EAST

An Israeli-Palestinian duo singing for the Eurovision

This Week in the Middle East explores the relations between Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah, explains how tourism is affected by terrorism and meets the astonishing duo Israel has chosen for the next Eurovision contest.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Hamas, Fatah agree on prisoner release
Rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas agreed late Wednesday to resolve the fate of prisoners held by both sides and stop their media war on the eve of Egypt-brokered reconciliation talks.
GAZA - EGYPT
Egypt: Fatah and Hamas will talk
Rivaling Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas will hold reconciliation talks in Cairo on Wednesday, a step seen as crucial in lifting the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry has announced.
ISRAEL - PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Release of intifada leader in sight, says lawyer
The release of the West Bank leader of Fatah, Marwan Barguthi, during the uprising that broke out in 2000, may become a reality over the next few days, said his lawyer Khader Shkirat on Sunday, as an exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
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