ABBAS MEETS WITH HAMAS

Ismail Haniyeh, expecting to be named the next Palestinian prime minister, smiles during talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, and other Hamas leaders Said Siyam and Mahmoud Zahar in Gaza City, Monday, Feb. 20, 2006. Abbas began talks with leaders of election winner Hamas on Monday on forming a government headed by the Islamic militant group. (UPI Photo/Mohammed Saber/POOL)