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Free Speech Radio News lineup - Friday, January 27, 2006

POST-ELECTION UNREST IN GAZA Hundreds of Fateh supporters took to the streets of Gaza City today, [protesting their party's loss in the historic legislative elections and] calling for the resignation of the Fateh leadership. In Gaza City, Laila El-Haddad has the story. The mob of young supporters, which included the militant wing of Fateh, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, marched throughout the city streets, shooting wildly into the air and blaming the Fateh leadership for the crushing blow in the elections. In front his Gaza residence, they gave Mahmud Abbas three days to resign, accusing him of bei…