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Last update - 18:59 20/03/2008 Fatah delegates to leave Yemen without Hamas deal By News Agencies Tags: Fatah, Hamas, Yemen  Yemeni-brokered talks on reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah have failed and Fatah negotiators are returning to the West Bank without a deal, aides to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday. "The matter has ended in failure because Hamas refused to accept the Yemeni initiative as is," said one of the aides, Yasser Abed Rabbo. "Our delegation will come back home tomorrow but it is ready to head back to Yemen once Hamas accepts the initiative as is." Hamas voiced willingness on Wednesday to talk to Fatah as part of a Yemeni reconciliation initiative but said the secular faction must drop its demand the Islamist group first give up control of the Gaza Strip. Advertisement "We do not accept it as a condition to restore dialogue," Hamas spokesmanAyman Taha said. "[The Gaza Strip] is only an item that can be discussed within the agenda of the talks." Fatah official Ziad Abu Ein said it was sticking to the "fundamental condition that legitimacy must be returned to the Palestinian Authority" -- a direct reference to regaining Gaza sovereignty - for contacts with Hamas to resume. The acceptance of the Yemeni initiative meant they were willing to accept mediation but were not budging from their positions on direct talks and the future of the Gaza Strip. Delegations from the two factions were to meet separately with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa but a breakthrough seemed unlikely in the absence of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, who was initially expected to lead the Islamist group's delegation. Related articles: Hamas refuses Fatah demand it cede Gaza control for reconciliation Egypt agrees to take over as Gaza power supplier Bookmark to del.icio.us   Good Avraham Hunting An ex-security guard solves a problem that has baffled mathematicians for decades. A better place Some 2,400 African refugees have entered Israel via Egypt since January.   1.   Abbas needs Hamas more than Hamas needs Abbas 16:36  |  Tosefta 20/03/08   2.   Palestinian Factions and Palestine 18:07  |  Dov 20/03/08   3.   It is a joke ! 18:24  |  Jean Van Daem 20/03/08   4.   Abbas needs nobody and nobody needs hamas 19:24  |  steve dill 20/03/08   5.   besides ... 19:43  |  steve dill 20/03/08   6.   the only way is new elections 19:50  |  legitamacy 20/03/08   7.   1.Tosefta? it is olmert who insist abbas not talk to hamas 19:56  |  knows olmert 20/03/08   8.   Tosefta # 1 Sour Grapes 20:21  |  Jeff Northridge 20/03/08   9.   Abbas is politically dead 20:30  |  Khalid 20/03/08   10.   8. Jeff Nobrains obscure ramblings seeking letgitamcy 20:37  |  get real idiot 20/03/08   11.   Jeff #8--PA in West Bank is udner Israeli control 20:37  |  Palestinian 20/03/08   12.   Abbas is history 20:49  |  Mark Lincoln 20/03/08   13.   9.Khalid,time for Hamas to actively work for the dissolving of 20:59  |  lakshmi 20/03/08   14.   #9, Khalid 21:14  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 20/03/08   15.   Take the cure (Jeff Northridge #8) 21:32  |  Tosefta 20/03/08   16.   Abbas` fatal error (Khalid #9; Mark Lincoln #12) 22:36  |  Tosefta 20/03/08   17.   NEVER-ENDING DUPLICITY 00:15  |  Mohamed Malleck 21/03/08   18.   Mohammed Malleck,ceding Gaza won`t happen! 01:03  |  lakshmi 21/03/08   19.   To Lakshmi-Something More Noble... 01:29  |  Albert 21/03/08   20.   #19 Albert : Forsake Extremism for Wisdom 04:01  |  Mohamed Malleck 21/03/08   21.   They cannot get on with their brothers,so imagine Israel 04:19  |  PETER SM 21/03/08   22.   During the last month 04:23  |  Mark Lincoln 21/03/08   23.   Tosefta - fatal errors 04:33  |  Mark Lincoln 21/03/08   24.   To Mohamed Mallack-Voices of Reason? 05:48  |  Albert 21/03/08   25.   To Mr. Lincoln 06:01  |  Albert 21/03/08

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