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Palestine’s Hamas re-elects Meshaal as leaderHamas re-elected Khaled Meshaal on Tuesday as the Islamist group's leader, at a marathon overnight closed-door meeting held in Cairo, an official with the organisation said. Once reviled as a hardliner but now seen increasingl More… |
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Meshaal returns to Gaza after 45 yearsPolicemen kissed him, crowds mobbed him and gunfire rattled out in celebration as 56-year-old Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal made his first ever visit to the Gaza Strip. Born in the nearby West Bank, Meshaal has lived in exile for mo More… |
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Egypt to call Palestinians to sign pactThe exiled leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said Egypt would present it and its rival Fatah faction with a reconciliation pact to be ratified next month. Damascus-based Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal told reporters after "very po More… |
