At the climate-change talks in Copenhagen authority lay with the National Development and Reform Commission, charged with economic development.

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These letters convey to the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction (PECDAR) - the ostensibly independent agency charged with the scrupulously apolitical distribution of humanitarian assistance - astounding directives from Mr. Arafat (under the nom de guerre Abu Amar).

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