Analysts say it remains to be seen whether the Palestinians' unilateral effort to get a U.N.security endorsement of a Palestinian state will be sustained or is no more than a publicity stunt meant to get Israel to make concessions.

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The Alliance, which controls only about 5 percent of Afghanistan's territory but remains the U.N.

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Six months later our forces were withdrawn, and the island remains a hellhole. n The President tried to appease North Korea into giving up its nuclear weapons program.

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Kirkwood's comments made clear that Mladic, despite having twice been indicted by the U.N. tribunal, remains in control of his forces.

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