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Palestinians pray end to factional clashes

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-02-02 22:39

Palestinian militants carry the body of Khaldoun Showman during his funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah February 2, 2007. Israeli troops killed two members of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service, most of whom are loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas, near Ramallah in the West Bank on Friday, hospital officials said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said a force operating in the area shot dead two gunmen in civilian clothes. [Reuters]