An official of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said that the country's first nuclear power plant will join the national power grid by January, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Sunday. 'The Bushehr nuclear power plant will join the national power grid in the next 40 days,' Deputy Head of AEOI Behzad Soltani told reporters in Iran's Northeastern city of Mashhad on Saturday. ( Iran-AEOI-Nuke) RAMALLAH -- The United States has not yet informed the Palestinian leadership about the results of its talks with Israel to stop Jewish settlements, a Palestinian spokesman said Sunday. 'We will study the U.S. position only after we are officially informed about it,' said the spokesman Nabil Abu Rdineh. ( Palestinians-Israel-Talks) GAZA -- The major Palestinian rival groups Fatah and Hamas on Sunday traded accusations over failure of reaching reconciliation in the second round meeting held in Syria' s capital of Damascus last week, which concentrated on the thorniest security issue. 'Hamas is not interested in accomplishing reconciliation,' said Jamal Muhissen, a member of Fatah Central Committee. Fatah, which dominates the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), is now controlling the West Bank only after losing power in Gaza in a conflict with Hamas militants in 2007. (Palestinians- Reconciliation) KHARTOUM -- The African Union (AU) Mediation between Sudan government partners, the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), on Sunday referred the file of the country's disputed oil-rich area of Abyei to the Sudanese Presidency, which brings together Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his two vice-presidents. The AU Mediator Thabo Mbeki, former South African president, on Sunday held a meeting with the Sudanese First Vice-President Salva Kiir Mayardit and Vice- President Ali Osman Mohamed Taha to discuss the Abyei issue and push forward the efforts of negotiations over the issue which have been ongoing for more than a week. (Sudan-AU- Abyei) TEHRAN -- A senior Iranian military commander announced Sunday that the country will unveil a new generation of domestically developed long-range S-200 air defense missile system by next February, the local Fars news agency reported. 'We have made good progress in developing S-200 systems,' Brigadier General Ahmad Miqani, Commander of Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base told a news conference. (Iran-Missile) JERUSALEM -- Israeli President Shimon Peres, speaking on Sunday at the 38th memorial ceremony for David Ben-Gurion, said Israel's first prime minister supported a two-state solution with the Arabs. 'Ben-Gurion was the first to support the two-state solution, but he believed that our immediate duty is to save the people and release them from dependency on foreigners, something which is impossible to do without ceding some parts of Israel,' Peres said at a ceremony held at Kibbutz Sde Boker, south of Beersheba. ( Israel-Ben-Gurion) RIYADH -- Hundreds of thousands of Muslims began Sunday the annual pilgrimage of hajj, pouring from the holy city of Mecca to the tent city of Mina. This year's pilgrimage season is estimated to be attended by up to 2.5 million pilgrims. (Saudi-Pilgrimage) 