Palestinians sign deal on unity government

: "Rival Palestinian factions signed a deal to form a unity government at talks in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Al Jazeera television reported.

The report said delegations from the Islamist group Hamas, which won the last Palestinian elections, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction would meet Saudi King Abdullah after the signing.

Earlier Palestinian ambassador to Saudi Arabia Jamal al-Shobaki told Reuters: 'We have agreed to form a national unity government. The agreement will be signed very soon.'"

(Via Google News.)