Abbas says to seek upgrade of Palestinian UN status ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Louis Charbonneau - September 27, 2012 - 12:00am UNITED NATIONS, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday he would seek to have the Palestinians' U.N. status upgraded to a sovereign country and cautioned that Israeli settlement expansion meant time was running out for a two-state solution. "Despite all the complexities of the prevailing reality and all the frustrations that abound, we say before the international community there is still a chance - maybe the last - to save the two-state solution and to salvage peace," Abbas told the U.N. General Assembly. » Read more

Mideast Peace Mired as Abbas Trades Taunts With Netanyahu ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Bloomberg by Nicole Gaouette, Flavia Krause-Jackson - September 27, 2012 - 12:00am Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exchanged taunts at the United Nations as the world body watched a peace process that has all but slipped away. » Read more