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Aides: Abbas says he won't run in January election

Posted by kpete in Latest Breaking News
Thu Nov 05th 2009, 11:44 AM

Source: Los Angeles Times

Aides: Abbas says he won't run in January election
Associated Press

November 5, 2009 | 6:13 a.m.

RAMALLAH, West Bank - Aides say Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told political allies he won't run in January elections.

They say he's going to deliver a speech later today explaining that he is frustrated by the impasse in peacemaking with the Israelis.

The two aides spoke on condition of anonymity because Abbas has not officially announced his intentions.

Abbas has threatened in the past not to run, and it was not immediately clear whether he could be persuaded to change his mind.

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