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• PA negotiator: We may seek UN recognition of Palestinian state
• Iran forms unit to go after opposition on Internet
• Abbas must unilaterally declare Palestinian state
• Report: Palestinians dedicate 'world's largest dress' to Yasser Arafat
• Report: U.K. scouts shouted anti-Semitic abuse at Jewish WWII veterans

PA negotiator: We may seek UN recognition of Palestinian state Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:35 AM PST The Palestinian Authority is considering seeking recognition from the United Nations Security Council of a Palestinian state along 1967 lines with East Jerusalem as its capital, senior negotiator Saeb Erekat told Palestinian newspaper Al-Ayyam in a report published Saturday. ...

Iran forms unit to go after opposition on Internet Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:05 AM PST Iran has formed a special unit to monitor Web sites and fight Internet crimes, in a clear attack on an opposition that relies almost exclusively on online means to broadcast its message, local newspapers reported Saturday. ...

Abbas must unilaterally declare Palestinian state Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:44 AM PST It is precisely now that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas must not give up hope, and not because of the sweet nothings that Shimon Peres uttered at the rally in the square last Saturday night about people giving up hope in Ramallah. As if at the President's Residence every day is Carnaval, and not only when he's packing his bags for his trip to Brazil. ...

Report: Palestinians dedicate 'world's largest dress' to Yasser Arafat Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:17 AM PST Palestinian residents of Hebron displayed on Friday what they claimed was the world's largest dress, which the West Bank city's governor dedicated to the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported. ...

Report: U.K. scouts shouted anti-Semitic abuse at Jewish WWII veterans Posted: 14 Nov 2009 09:16 AM PST British police are investigating a London scout troop after its members shouted death threats and anti-Semitic abuse at Jewish Second World War veterans during a remembrance parade, The Guardian reported on Friday. ...

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