Informal contact made with Hamas, France says

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

PARIS -- France acknowledged Monday that it had informal contacts with Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that the United States and the European Union consider a terrorist organization for its campaign of violence against Israel.

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