Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) waves to the crowd during a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the death of his predecessor Yasser Arafat, at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 11, 2006. Abbas said on Saturday that a Palestinian unity government could be formed by month's end, a move that he hopes would help lift a Western aid embargo and restart peace talks with Israel.
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