U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan vowed to help create a Palestinian state. “The international community is determined to work with both sides to press for the implementation of the ‘road map,’ “Annan told reporters Monday after meeting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, referring to the U.S.-led peace plan. But he added: “I do not want to give the impression that it is going to be easy.”
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