RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories: Peace talks with Israel will continue for the full nine months agreed with Washington “regardless of what happens on the ground,” Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas told Agence France-Presse on Sunday (Monday in Manila).

He also called for an international probe to determine who killed Yasser Arafat after scientists said it was likely he had been poisoned.

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