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Hamas fighters seize private office of Abbas

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-06-15 17:14

The photographs of President Mahmoud Abbas (bottom R) and the late President Yasser Arafat are strewn on the ground as Hamas fighters search inside Abbas' headquarters after they captured it in Gaza June 15, 2007. Western-backed President Abbas dismissed the Hamas-led Palestinian government and declared a state of emergency as the Islamist group's gunmen routed his last forces in Gaza and seized effective control. [Reuters]