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The statement did not provide further details. President Wade pledged at a March summit of Islamic states held in the West African capital that he would try to mediate between Fatah and Hamas. The two rival Palestinian groups have been at loggerheads since the Islamist Hamas seized power in the Gaza Strip last year.
(Deutsche Welle)
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