The world in brief
Posted: November 16, 2009 at 1:03 a.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “Now is our defining moment.” Saeb Erekat, chief Palestinian peace negotiator, on preparing ask the U.N. to endorse an independent state without Israel’s consent.
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