Palestinian Territories: Rival Parties Announce Unity Deal

A power-sharing arrangement between rival Palestinian groups has begun to materialize, but the work is far from over. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh announced on Oct. 12 that feuding Palestinian parties Hamas and Fatah reached a reconciliation agreement during talks held in Cairo. The new arrangement grants administrative control over the Gaza Strip to a unity government formed between the two groups. (Sources vary on the date of the handover -- some say Nov. 1, others Dec. 1.) ...