France to sit out Palestinian UN membership vote (AP)

AP - France said Friday it would abstain when the U.N. Security Council votes on whether to admit Palestine as a full member of the world body, the latest blow to the Palestinians' push to gain majority support despite a promised U.S. veto.

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