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UNESCO executive committee backs Palestinian bid

The executive committee of the United Nations cultural organisation UNESCO on Wednesday (Oct. 5) recommended that the ...

Russia, China veto UN resolution condemning Syria

Russia and China joined forces on Tuesday to veto a European-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Syria ...

China backs Palestinian UN bid

China on Monday highlighted its support for the Palestinian bid for full membership of the United Nations but called ...

UN Security Council to consider Palestinian bid

The UN Security Council begins consultations Monday on Palestine`s application for full membership of the world body, ...

Clinton asks Israel, Palestinians to seize talks offer

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday urged Israel and the Palestinians to seize an offer by the Quartet of ...

Israeli FM criticizes Palestinian president`s UN speech

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman slammed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas` address to the United Nations ...

Quartet sets timetable for new Mideast talks

The "Quartet" of Middle East mediators proposed on Friday that Israel and the Palestinians should meet within one ...

Security Council to meet monday on Palestinian bid

The UN Security Council will meet Monday afternoon to discuss a request by the Palestinians to admit the state of ...

Muhammadiyah appreciates govt`s efforts to help Palestine

Muhammadiyah appreciates the government`s efforts to mobilize international support for Palestine`s bid to become a ...

Abbas to hand over un state bid friday

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will hand over a formal application for the state of Palestine to be granted full ...

RI wants to see Palestine gain statehood through UN by fardah

The Indonesian government has expressed its support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas`s intention to secure ...

How the Palestinian votes line up at the UN

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is set to ask the United Nations on Friday that the Palestinians are granted UN ...

S. Africa voices support for Palestine`s statehood

South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday voiced his country`s support for Palestine`s statehood, urging the UN ...

France`s Sarkozy proposes 1-year mideast peace map

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday proposed the United Nations give the Palestinians status as an observer ...

UN chief urges Israeli `restraint` over Palestinian bid

UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged Israel`s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to act with "restraint" and ...