President Mahmoud Abbas
May 6 2008, AP

Hundreds of Palestinian police came under fire when they deployed in this militant stronghold Tuesday as President Mahmoud Abbas pushed ahead with a U.S.-backed program to assert authority in the West Bank.Sporadic exchanges of gunfire were heard...

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