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Palestinians pray end to factional clashes

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

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (3rd R) attends Friday prayers at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah February 2, 2007. Fighting between rival Palestinian factions escalated across the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least five people as Hamas seized key security buildings and fired mortar bombs and rockets at Abbas' offices. [Reuters]