Security forces loyal to Mahmoud Abbas took control of a border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Scores of paramilitary police deployed at Rafah terminal Tuesday after the Palestinian Authority president, who is in a power struggle with the new P.A. government under Hamas, assumed control of border crossings.
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