Fatah delegation travels to Gaza

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GAZA CITY (AFP) — For the first time in a year a delegation of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party traveled to the Islamist Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

But it remained unclear whether the trip would entail a meeting between officials of the secular Fatah and Hamas, which have been at loggerheads since the Islamist movement seized power in the territory a year ago.

"We will meet with any active power in this country and with any party that wants to meet with us to discuss any issue," Hakmat Zeid, heading the delegation, told reporters in Gaza City.

Fatah and Hamas officials said however there were no firm plans for the factions to meet.

"There has been no preparation until now for talks between the Fatah delegation and Hamas,"...