Gaza city, Gaza Strip, March 10, SPA -- Palestinian leader MahmoudAbbas said Thursday that he expects Palestinian extremist groups to declare a formal cease-fire in their four-year-old uprising against Israel at a meeting next week in Egypt. Egypt, which has been mediating talks among the extremistsfor more than a year, has invited Abbas and 13 of their groups to Cairo next Tuesday. "I expect this meeting in Cairo will conclude all theefforts that have been made by the Egyptian brothers,"Abbas told reporters in Gaza City. "God willing we couldhave a declaration."--SPA1515 Local Time 1215 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/245612