Hamas militants have suspended a TV program that featured a Mickey Mouse lookalike urging Palestinian children to fight Israel and work for global Islamic domination, the Palestinian information minister said Wednesday.

Text of report in English by Palestinian Ma'an New

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed the Palestinian political situation Wednesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank. Rice and Abbas are also expected to discuss reviving peace talks with Israel, YNetNews.com reported Wednesday.

Text of article by former editor-in-chief Abd-al-Rahman al- Rashid headlined "Will Al-Barghuthi save Fatah?" published by London- based newspaper Al-Sharq al-Awsat website on 17 December Ever since the Israelis sentenced Marwan al-Barghuthi to life imprisonment, attention has been focused on him.

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Mahmoud Abbas won 62.3 percent of the vote in the Palestinian presidential election, officials said Monday, announcing final results.