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Abbas orders use of 'State of Palestine'
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered his government to officially change the name of the Palestinian Authority to "State of Palestine."
The words "State of Palestine" will hereinafter be used in official correspondence, RFE/RL's Armenian service (Azatutyun.am) reports.
The move follows the November decision by the United Nations to upgrade the Palestinians' status to that of a "non-member observer state."
