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Abbas wins backing on border

YES, BUT HOW? THE PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT HAS BROAD SUPPORT TO ASS

AGENCIES , WASHINGTON, JERUSALEM AND RAFAH, GAZA STRIP

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered support on Monday Abbas to deploy some kind of security presence along the Gaza Strip's chaotic border with Egypt.

"We do support ... the concept of a Palestinian Authority presence to begin to introduce some order to that border," Rice told reporters.

"There would be many details that would have to be worked out, and I can't comment on any specific detail because this is obviously a very complex ... would be a very complex operation in itself," she said.

"But we've said that in concept it should be supported and that parties should look to see if that might be one way to handle the situation," she added during a press conference with Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith.

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