UN recognizes state of Palestine
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Palestinians watch a TV screen showing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaking to the United Nations, in Gaza City, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. The U.N. General Assembly has voted by a more than two-thirds majority to recognize the state of Palestine. The resolution upgrading the Palestinians' status to a nonmember observer state at the United Nations was approved by the 193-member world body late Thursday by a vote of 138-9 with 41 abstentions. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)