Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Thursday that he has hit a "dead end" in talks with the ruling Hamas on forming a more moderate government — and his aides said Abbas is done negotiating and will announce dramatic steps in coming days. Such steps could include firing the Hamas government or holding a referendum on whether to go to early elections. Whatever the choice, it would deepen the internal Palestinian conflict and could ignite more violence. Abbas made the announcement at a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who had traveled to the West Bank town of Jericho in an effort to build on tentative steps to achieve a Mideast breakthrough. "We have discussed our efforts to form a national unity government. We have exerted efforts, we have worked in many directions, but unfortunately we have hit a dead end," Abbas said of the talks....
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