Egypt to host Palestinian faction talks, starting November 9

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday that Egypt has issued invitations to rival Palestinian factions to attend power-sharing talks in Cairo, starting on Nov. 9. The invitations were sent to Abbas' Fatah movement, the Islamic militant Hamas and smaller groups. Abbas has shunned Hamas since the group seized Gaza in June 2007, but he suggested Sunday his representatives would attend the negotiations. Hamas confirmed it received the invitation.