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December 29, 2010

Palestinians to Ask U.N. to Recognize State 
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Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said today that the
Palestinians will ask the United Nations Security Council in January to
recognize an independent Palestinian state. Three Latin American
countries-Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia-have already recognized an
independent Palestinian state. Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas is traveling to Brazil today to lay the symbolic foundation stone
of a Palestinian embassy in Brasilia. On Saturday, Abbas is due to
attend the inauguration of Brazil's new president, Dilma Rousseff.



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