Palestinian statehood bid wins Abbas respect (AP)

[TimesTen]

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110924/ap_on_re_us/un_mideast"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20110923/capt.a9508eada23f4c188d5c7c3ebfe5b745-14468fa1ff044f1e834b748da83476f1-0.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=IOgrhKKQw3eIlUHVY_zMSg--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 66th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Friday, Sept. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/David Karp)" border="0" /></a>AP - Mahmoud Abbas' bold bid for U.N recognition of Palestinian statehood is doomed to fail but has won him admiration at home and re-energized international efforts to seek a negotiated settlement.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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