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Palestinians Request UN Status; Powers Press for Talks
(New York Times) Neil MacFarquhar and Steven Lee Myers - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas formally requested full UN membership for his as yet undefined country on Friday as international powers laid out a new plan to resume direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that was designed to delay a contentious vote on the Palestinian request as long as possible. The Quartet's statement reaffirmed "strong support for the vision of Israeli-Palestinian peace" outlined by President Obama in May.