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			<Headline><![CDATA[U.N. approves Palestinian 'observer state' bid]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The assembly endorsed an upgraded U.N. status for the Palestinian Authority, despite intense opposition from the United States and Israel]]></Description>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Palestinians again take status case to U.N.]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Palestinian leaders, using a new strategy, will return to the U.N. General Assembly in their latest bid to garner enhanced international recognition]]></Description>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Palestinian statehood bid stalls at U.N.]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The Palestinian bid for statehood was stalled after the Council approved a report stating its inability &apos;to make a unanimous recommendation&apos;]]></Description>
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			<Date>2011-11-11 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Description><![CDATA[UNESCO voted Monday to accept a Palestinian bid for full membership, in the first vote on the matter by U.N. agency]]></Description>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Abbas submitted request for full member]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The Quartet negotiators has urged Israel and the Palestinians to resume peace talks within one month and aim for a deal by the end of 2012]]></Description>
			<Text><![CDATA[Addressing the General Assembly, Abbas urged the Security Council to back a state with pre-1967 borders and called to vote in favour of our full membership, in an unusually impassioned speech]]></Text>
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			<TimePeriod>Afternoon</TimePeriod>
			<Topic><![CDATA[Government]]></Topic>
			<URL><![CDATA[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15044601]]></URL>
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			<Location>UN Gen. Assembly</Location>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Abbas presses for full U.N. membership]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[Palestinian Authority President will pursue a full United Nations membership bid during a speech Friday]]></Description>
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			<Date>2011-09-16 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Obama backs India's UN seat bid]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[US President Barack Obama has backed India&apos;s ambition for permanent membership of the UN Security Council]]></Description>
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			<Date>2010-11-08 00:00:00</Date>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[Sudan objects to UN troop plans]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[The Sudanese government has said the UN cannot move new troops to its tense North-South border without its consent]]></Description>
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			<Headline><![CDATA[UN hands over to Kosovo Albanians]]></Headline>
			<Description><![CDATA[A new constitution has come into force after the territory declared independence from Serbia in February. It&apos;s unclear who will oversee Serb areas]]></Description>
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			<Date>2008-06-14 00:00:00</Date>
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