A new U.S.-Palestinian commission was launched during a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat. U.S. State Department spokesman James Rubin said the commission would work to create a channel for $900 million in new U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority that was pledged earlier this week.
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