Russia pledged to try to end a Western aid blockade on the Palestinian Authority. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday that Russia saw the recent power-sharing pact between the governing Hamas terrorist group and the more moderate Fatah movement as reason enough to restore Western donor aid.
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