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9/16/2011 11:32:47 AM
The Palestinians and Israelis are set to face each other next week at the UN headquarters as President Mahmoud Abbas claims, seeking full membership is 'a done deal and irreversible"
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9/15/2011 6:27:50 PM
The Palestinian Authority has not yet finalized its decision to put forth a full membership request to the UN, Abbas to announce decision on Friday as talks with the US, EU and others take place
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9/14/2011 4:14:13 PM
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton extends Middle East visit in what appears to be a final attempt to dissuade Palestinians from their UN statehood bid
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9/14/2011 3:18:12 PM
Arab sources indicate that the Palestinian authority might go to the General Assembly to get UN recognition of the Palestinian state, instead of the Security Council in order to avoid a likely US veto
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9/14/2011 2:24:24 PM
Ahead of Mahmoud Abass' statehood bid at the UN, residents of Gaza show that Palestinians differ on the significance and benefit of the much anticipated move
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9/14/2011 12:36:30 PM
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9/13/2011 7:42:01 PM
Diplomatic negotiations continue in the run-up to the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN, with tactics yet to be clarified and many key states still undecided on the issue
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9/13/2011 7:05:25 PM
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterates the US position on Palestinian statehood, rejecting the Palestinian bid to seek full membership in the UN
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9/13/2011 3:04:00 PM
A meeting by Arab League chief Nabil El-Arabi and Arab ministers stresses ending the use of arms by the Syrian regime,and supports Palestinian UN statehood bid
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9/13/2011 11:20:38 AM
US President Barack Obama describes a Palestinian bid for UN recognition as a 'distraction,' stating that it would lead to viable results
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World
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9/13/2011 10:14:18 AM
Israeli settlers in the West Bank say they are ready to stop the establishment of a Palestinian state even if the UN approved such step
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9/12/2011 6:54:54 PM
The Palestinian Authority says it is ready to declare a Palestinian homeland after cultivating the legal,local and public financial bases required for such a new state
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World
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International
9/12/2011 12:19:19 PM
A poll reports that a great majority in the UK, France and Germany favour recognising a Palestinian state ahead of the expected United Nations bid next week
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9/12/2011 10:28:43 AM
Progress by the Palestinians in building institutions for statehood can be undermined by a fiscal crisis caused by a shortfall in foreign aid, the World Bank said on Monday
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9/11/2011 11:03:18 AM
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas affirms that Palestinians will seek UN membership regardless of US 'threats'
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9/5/2011 4:37:40 PM
Hanan Ashrawi,a leading member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), says the Palestinians have to decide how they will press their statehood agenda at the United Nations this month
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9/4/2011 11:42:44 AM
US officials are trying to avoid having to choose whether to veto Palestinian statehood, insinuating the US lacks support from the UN General Assembly
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Arts & Culture
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Music
9/3/2011 3:12:13 PM
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators disrupt an Israel Philharmonic Orchestra concert held at the famous Royal Albert Hall in London, with Pro-Israeli protests rivaling them outside
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World
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Region
8/27/2011 5:27:01 PM
As Ahmadnejad calls on Palestinians to remember 1948 Palestine, Ramallah fires back, deeming the Iranian president's statements unhelpful
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World
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Region
8/26/2011 4:46:31 PM
China says it will vote in favour of Palestinian statehood when the issue is put before the UN Security Council next month
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