Palestininans start jobs-for-guns program

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Hundreds of Palestinian gunmen have signed pledges to halt violence in exchange for government jobs, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas hopes to bring many more militants on board before he meets President Bush in May, Palestinian officials said Monday.

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