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Abbas
Nov 19 2009, sami

Two weeks after the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, vowed not to run for re-election and hinted that he might resign, the Middle East peace process has sunk into a deep crisis amid urgent efforts to revive it.

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, right, shakes hands with the Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg in Oslo Tuesday Feb. 24, 2009.