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Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki (left) and Elias Sanbar, historian and ambassador for Palestine at UNESCO, face the media during a press conference at UNESCO's 36th General Conference in Paris on Oct. 31, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki (left) and Elias Sanbar, ambassador for Palestine at UNESCO, attend a session of UNESCO's 36th General Conference in Paris on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is gambling on a favorable response about statehood from the U.N. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas waves to supporters upon his arrival at the government compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Mr. Abbas received a hero's welcome, triumphantly telling his people the "Palestinian Spring" has begun following his historic speech to the United Nations on Friday. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (left) addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Sept. 23, 2011. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the assembly shortly after Abbas. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a letter requesting recognition of Palestine as a state as he addresses the 66th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23, 2011, at U.N. headquarters. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (left) poses for a picture with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after giving him a letter requesting recognition of Palestine as a state during the 66th session of the General Assembly at United Nations headquarters on Sept. 23, 2011. (Associated Press)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left) and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meet Tuesday at a New York hotel during the U.N. General Assembly session. Mr. Sarkozy has proposed a one-year timetable for establishing a Palestinian state. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (center) arrives at his hotel in New York on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, to attend the 66th General Assembly session of the United Nations. (AP Photo/David Karp)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures and the end of his speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Abbas said Friday he would ask the Security Council next week to accept the Palestinians as full members at the United Nations. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (above right) meets with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov on Saturday in the West Bank. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) plans visits soon to Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria regarding the Palestinian statehood issue.
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**FILE** In this photo taken on Nov. 12, 2003, then Palestinian Finance Minister Salam Fayad (center), former government General Secretary Hasan Abu-Lebdeh (right) and former Labor Minister Ghassan Khatib (left) sit in an unknown office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting of the Palestinian leadership in the West Bank city of Ramallah on May 25, 2011. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS/HAMAS MEDIA OFFICE Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (center left) shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Cairo on Wednesday after agreement on a reconcilation pact. Left unresolved was who will lead the government to be formed. There was also no mention of relations with Israel.
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Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh insists Hamas won't give up control of its security forces or of Gaza after a unity pact with the Palestinian Authority, set to be signed Wednesday, takes effect. (Associated Press)
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Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh insists Hamas won't give up control of its security forces or of Gaza after a unity pact with the Palestinian Authority, set to be signed Wednesday, takes effect. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a Fatah central council meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday. (Associated Press)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at a Fatah central council meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Abbas said Wednesday he will not run for re-election. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad speaks to his Cabinet members after a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Feb. 14 , 2011. The Palestinian prime minister dissolved his Cabinet in an emergency meeting Monday, in what appeared to be a new gesture by the Western-backed government to be inspired by unrest rocking the Arab world.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
