Israel and the Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas have resumed security talks after a long break, both sides said Tuesday, a new sign of cooperation between Israel and Palestinian moderates after the Islamic Hamas took over Gaza.

King Abdullah will travel today to France for talks with President Nicolas Sarkozy on Middle East issues and bilateral ties, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

According to the source inside the command of the Mujahideen during the past four months (March-June 2007), as a result of active offensive operations and diversionary attacks, units of Chechen Armed Forces have established a firm control over the most of the mountain-woody areas in southern Chechnya.