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December 3, 2009

Why Are Palestinians Turning on Abbas?

Michael Young, The National

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After declaring Iran will construct 10 new enrichment facilities, President Ahmadinejad now says it will enrich uranium to 20 per cent purity, rejecting an earlier proposal of sending low-enriched uranium for conversion in Russia and France. Today's paper

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