Low-key Abbas in U.N. limelight on Palestinian statehood bid

JERUSALEM — When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas takes the podium at the United Nations on Friday to make a historic plea for membership of a Palestinian state, he will be playing an unlikely role for a man who for decades worked behind the scenes and lacks the charisma of his predecessor, Yasser Arafat.

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Brad Plumer 23 Sep, 2011


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