Palestine rejects Obama's plea to drop UN bid
China Daily | Updated: 2011-09-23 07:56
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Israeli border policemen detain a Palestinian protester during clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian stone-throwers at Qalandiya checkpoint on Wednesday. The clashes erupted after a rally in the nearby West Bank city of Ramallah in support of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' bid for statehood recognition in the United Nations. Ammar Awad / Reuters |
UNITED NATIONS - Palestine said no to Barack Obama, who wanted to dissuade the Palestinians from asking the United Nations Security Council for statehood in the teeth of a US threat of veto.
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