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Sat 10 Oct 2009Abbas has little wriggle room in talks with Clinton

PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas is to meet US secretary of state Hillary Clinton in the United Arab Emirates capital Abu Dhabi today with the aim of ending the impasse over resuming the Middle East peace process.

She is also scheduled to meet Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu tomorrow.