Solana Says He Met With Hamas Group
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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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Hamas insisted on Monday that talks to   form a Palestinian unity government were not at a "dead end"   and said the impasse could be resolved with President Mahmoud   Abbas within two weeks.
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Claim of secret talks broadcast as Syria accuses Israel of targeting Hamas member in Damascus. &quot;The political leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has said that it has had secret contacts with the
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Iranian negotiators and the EU's Javier Solana had what they called a "constructive" meeting in Rome on Tuesday and said they expected more talks on Iran's nuclear program by the end of November
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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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Under mounting pressure from Egypt, Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat yesterday met for the first time in a month with Gaza strongman Mohammed Dahlan, whom Arafat associates have blamed for last month&#39;s unrest in the Gaza Strip.
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Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, who's kept a low profile since last month's twin suicide bombing in southern Israel, made a surprise visit to Egypt on Sunday, holding talks with Egypt's intelligence chief about an anticipated Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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LONDON: The United States and the European Union are in contact with Palestinian militant group Hamas despite having listed it as a terrorist organisation, a Hamas leader said in an interview broadcast on Monday.
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GAZA CITY -- Hamas officials gave Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas the go-ahead yesterday for negotiations with Israel, a major shift in the militant Islamic group's position as it works to end its international isolation.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip as   early as Monday to try to revive stalled talks on a unity   government, aides said.
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JERUSALEM -- A local Hamas leader indicated yesterday the militant group would not attack Israelis during the Palestinian presidential campaign and would consider a formal truce with Israel in the latest signs of hope for renewed peace efforts in the region.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia Feb. 7 â Leaders of Hamas and Fatah, the two main Palestinian political factions, opened a Saudi-sponsored emergency meeting in Islamâs holiest city today with promises to compromise on a new government that could salvage the dormant Israel-Palestinian peace negotiations and end a wave of violence in Gaza and the West Bank in recent months.
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Javier Solana, European Union foreign policy chief, was on Thursday forced to issue a retraction after saying he had made &quot;direct contact&quot; with Hamas, listed by the EU as a banned terrorist group.
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The Islamic militant group Hamas said on Thursday it was encouraged by what it called a "wait and see" approach by the Quartet of Middle East mediators toward a new Palestinian unity government.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators meets in Jerusalem, for the first time since Hamas seized the Gaza Strip.
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The political leader of Hamas tells the BBC that the group has had secret contacts with Washington and the EU.
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Hamas representatives are in touch with leaders from the United States and the European Union, even though Hamas appears on the countries&#39; lists of terror organization, according to Hamas political leader Khaled Mashal.