Gaza factions swap hostages under truce: officials
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The Hamas-led police force and the Fatah-dominated Preventive Security force began swapping prisoners on Tuesday that each side took hostage during a surge of Palestinian infighting, officials said.
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A former Palestinian security minister who could be key to keeping order among rival factions in Gaza after an Israeli pullout held a fence-mending meeting Monday with President Yasser Arafat, officials said.
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A South Korean government spokesman said Tuesday that Taliban and Korean delegates have negotiated a deal to release the 19 Korean hostages who have been held hostage in Afghanistan since July
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Palestinian factions agreed to stop violence and Israel said it would halt its military operations, but it was not clear if the deal would take effect and hold.
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Hamas policemen and forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas withdrew from Gaza's streets on Wednesday as a fresh ceasefire aimed at halting a slide to civil war appeared to be holding.
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Taliban militants declared a cease-fire in fighting with Pakistani forces, and the government said it was preparing for peace talks with al-Qaida-linked extremists.
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Leaders of Palestinian Islamic militant  factions are in Cairo for cease-fire talks with the Egyptians,  days before Egypt is to host an Israeli-Palestinian summit,  officials from the groups said in Gaza on Wednesday.
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After a shaky start, the cease-fire appeared to be holding today after most Palestinian factions stopped firing rockets in exchange for an Israeli withdrawal of troops.
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A former Palestinian security minister who could be key to keeping order among rival factions in Gaza after an Israeli pullout held a fence-mending meeting on Monday with President Yasser Arafat, officials said.
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Hamas and Fatah security officials traded fire at Gaza's border with Egypt on Tuesday as Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh passed through on his way to reconciliation talks between his Hamas movement and the rival Fatah group in Saudi Arabia, witnesses said.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Gunfights erupted across the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing at least six people after Hamas militants hijacked a convoy delivering supplies to the rival Fatah-allied security forces, effectively destroying a short-lived truce.
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CNN producer Riad Ali Ghanem, who was kidnapped at gunpoint in Gaza City on Monday, was released on Tuesday evening following an agreement reached between his abductors and the Palestinian Authority.
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Militant groups have agreed to suspend attacks as they near a formal truce deal with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and await Israel's response, a senior Palestinian official said 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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Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist held hostage in the Gaza Strip since March, was handed over by his Islamist captors to ruling Hamas officials in the early hours of Wednesday, Reuters journalists who saw him said.
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A spokesman for a militant group holding three UN workers hostage says negotiations are under way for their release. The Taliban splinter group says it&#39;s speaking with Afghan and UN officials.
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GAZA CITY -- Gaza's warring factions began to hold their fire yesterday as a truce took effect across the volatile territory and brought hopes for an end to the infighting that has left 36 people dead in five days.