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Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization started more talks in Cairo Monday on Palestinian self-rule, which they have been working on since October. Palestinian sources said a deal on the transfer of civilian authority from Israel to the PLO in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho was at hand and could be sealed soon. On security arrangements-a more thorny issue-both sides were due to draw up final drafts on all the details that would follow Israeli withdrawal from the two self-rule areas.
