UPDATED ON:
Sunday, March 23, 2008
16:00 Mecca time, 13:00 GMT
Watch Now
FRONT PAGE
Africa
Americas
Asia-Pacific
CENTRAL/S. ASIA
Europe
Middle East
Focus
Business
Sport
Programmes
Weather
Your Views
Search
Arabic
About us
News
Middle East
Palestinian rivals reach agreement
Hamas and Fatah have signed a Yemeni-sponsored reconciliation deal to re-open dialogue, Abu Bakr al-Qurbi, Yemen's foreign minister, says.
PLO and Hamas representative reached the agreement in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday after negotiations appeared close to collapse.
The factions had agreed the previous day to continue reconciliation talks after a personal plea by Ali Abdullah Saleh to end the crisis that erupted after Hamas seized Gaza in June last year.
While the two delegations had earlier accepted the initiative as a blueprint for peace, they disagreed on practicalities that would restore control of the Palestinian Authority (PA) over the Gaza Strip.
Source:
Al Jazeera and agencies
ARTICLE TOOLS
Email article
Print article
Send feedback
Share article
Top News
US troops expand Afghan operation
US condemns N Korea missile launch
Honduras rejects Zelaya restoration
'Civilians killed' in Somalia clash
Gaza activists still in Israel jail
MIDDLE EAST News
Gaza activists still in Israel jail
US vice-president visits Iraq
Saddam 'feared Iran more than US'
'No proof' Iran seeks nuclear arms
EU angered over Iran trial threat
Most emailed articles
Obama's strategies failing in Iran
The scramble for Iraq's 'sweet oil'
G8 leaders must tackle low wages
Israel 'wantonly destroyed Gaza'
US launches major Afghan assault