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Source: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27457494.htm
U.S. Puts Pressure on Palestinians Over Attacks
(Reuters) Sue Pleming - The U.S. strongly urged Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday to rein in militants after a suicide bombing in Israel and said the Jewish state had the right to defend itself from such attacks. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice telephoned Abbas and told him to act against militants after a bombing on Wednesday in Hadera, Israel.