BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) - Marwan Barghouthi, serving a life sentence in an Israeli jail, was elected to a leading post in Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction on Tuesday, initial results showed.
Barghouthi was jailed on charges of organizing the killing of Israelis. He denies the charges.
Some members of the Fatah "Old Guard" lost their positions when the faction elected a new top executive body, the initial results showed after more than 90 percent of votes had been counted for the 18-member Central Committee.
Abbas has said the party, holding its first congress in 20 years, needed to show disillusioned voters a new beginning.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLB55759820090811The rest of the results should be coming in shortly.
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