Sarkozy Seeks 1-Year Timetable for Creating Palestinian State

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday proposed a one- year timetable for establishing a Palestinian state as the U.S. struggled to head off a confrontation in the United Nations Security Council over the Palestinian bid for U.N. membership.

Speaking barely an hour after President Obama orated vigorously against the Palestinian initiative, Mr. Sarkozy floated the idea of upgrading the Palestinians' U.N. status from "nonmember observer entity" to "nonmember observer state" - a designation akin to the Vatican's - and resuming negotiations toward a final agreement with the Israelis.

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Sarkozy Seeks 1-Year Timetable for Creating Palestinian State

"Let us cease our endless debates on the parameters and let us begin negotiations and adopt a precise and ambit...

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