11.   A scuffle erupted between HAMAS supporters and the Palestinian police when they tried to arrest a member of the hardline movement, sources close to the group said Thursday.

12.   A senior Hamas official said Wednesday that the hardline Palestinian Islamic movement was calling a halt to its devastating suicide bombings against Israel.

13.   A senior Hamas official told AFP Wednesday that the hardline Palestinian Islamic movement was calling a halt to its devastating suicide bombings against Israel.

14.   But an army official alleged it was the work of Jaish-e-Mohammad, a hardline movement blamed in part by India for the parliament attack.

15.   Days before he arrived, Israel assassinated a leading militant of the hardline Islamic movement Hamas.

16.   The Palestinian self-rule authority on Sunday released eight militants of HAMAS arrested in a crackdown after attacks in Israel claimed by the hardline Islamic movement.

17.   The PLO said Monday that Khartoum was the likely venue for planned reconciliation talks with the hardline movement HAMAS next month and praised Sudan for its mediation.

18.   The spokesman did not identify the dead Palestinians, but state radio said most of them belonged to the hardline Islamic Hamas movement.

19.   The two countries have strong political ties, and both support the hardline Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah in Lebanon.

20.   Thirty-three offices used by hardline movements had already been closed on the order of the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip over the weekend.