Christoph
19-06-07, 00:22
• NEW: U.S. secretary of state voices support for Palestinian president
• U.S. offers millions of dollars in aid to Mahmoud Abbas-led government
• Abbas dissolves security council to isolate Hamas, gains EU, Israeli support
• President Bush tells Abbas he's open to restarting peace talks
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States joined the European Union on Monday in announcing its willingness to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the new Palestinian government led by President Mahmoud Abbas.
The commitment of financial and political support follows last week's gunbattles between rival Palestinian factions that led to Hamas routing Fatah forces in Gaza loyal to Abbas and the crumbling of a Fatah-Hamas unity government.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/18/palestinian.cabinet/index.html
• U.S. offers millions of dollars in aid to Mahmoud Abbas-led government
• Abbas dissolves security council to isolate Hamas, gains EU, Israeli support
• President Bush tells Abbas he's open to restarting peace talks
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States joined the European Union on Monday in announcing its willingness to resume hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the new Palestinian government led by President Mahmoud Abbas.
The commitment of financial and political support follows last week's gunbattles between rival Palestinian factions that led to Hamas routing Fatah forces in Gaza loyal to Abbas and the crumbling of a Fatah-Hamas unity government.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/18/palestinian.cabinet/index.html