Rival Palestinian delegations met in the dark hours of the morning as they prepared for crucial talks in the Saudi holy city Macca today on ending their bloody street battles and resuming the peace process with Israel.

PALESTINIAN officials said yesterday that jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti will not run for president in upcoming Palestinian elections.

ABU NIDAL, one of the world’s most wanted terrorists linked to the bombing of the Pan Am jetliner over Lockerbie, was found dead in his Baghdad apartment, officials said yesterday.

Palestinian terror mastermind Abu Nidal has committed suicide in his Baghdad apartment, Mideast media reported today.