Solana denies holding secret talks with Hamas
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The EU&#39;s foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, yesterday retracted an admission that he had held secret meetings with Hamas, which was put on Europe&#39;s list of banned terrorist organisations last year.
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The European Union&#39;s foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, yesterday retracted his admission that he had met leaders of the Palestinian militant Hamas group even though it was blacklisted as a terrorist group.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejects calls to consider a truce with Hamas unless it recognises Israel as a state.
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The United States on Tuesday rejected the saying that it had held contacts with Hamas as a leader of the radical Palestinian group has claimed.
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The European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, has recently held a secret meeting with representatives of Palestinian movement, Hamas, it was revealed on Thursday.
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A Syrian official source denied on late Monday evening the existence of any mediation carried out by Cairo between Damascus and Tel Aviv.
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A Hamas official described Israel&#039;s detention of dozens of lawmakers from the group as hostage-taking but would not say whether it would be willing to turn over an Israeli soldier for their release.
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An Egyptian accused of the Madrid train bombings denied admitting he planned the attack and said a bugged conversation in which he apparently called the bombers "friends" had been misunderstood.Comment
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Israel has responded coolly to reports of secret contacts with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana has revealed there has been some contacts, but he has
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Hamas ruled out any truce with Israel  Sunday and repeated its desire to destroy the Jewish state,  rejecting what had appeared to be more conciliatory comments by  one of the Islamic militant group's leaders.
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European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana denied Thursday having had direct contact with the Palestinian militant group Hamas since it was put on the EU&#39;s list of banned terrorist organizations.
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The European Union's foreign policy chief Javier Solana said in an interview broadcast Thursday that he met recently with Islamic militant group Hamas, which the EU has blacklisted as a terrorist organization.
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WASHINGTON, Sep 7 (IPS) - Scheduled talks between Javier Solana, high  representative for the European Union's Common Foreign and  Security Policy, and Iran's National Security Advisor Ali  Larijani were postponed Wednesday over disagreements on the  nature of the exchange -- would the parties discuss or negotiate?
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The United States and the European Union  are in contact with Palestinian militant group Hamas despite  having listed it as a terrorist organization, a Hamas leader  said in an interview broadcast on Monday.
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Hamas welcomes unity but seems to reject prime minister&#39;s call for a cease-fire. Hamas welcomes unity but seems to reject prime minister&#39;s call for a cease-fire.
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The EU's foreign policy chief retracts comments to the BBC that he held secret talks with Palestinian militants.
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The United States and the European Union are in contact with Palestinian militant group Hamas despite having listed it as a terrorist organization, a Hamas leader said in an interview broadcast on Monday.