Thu Nov 12, 2:18 PM ET

The Palestinian head of the elections commission Hanna Nasser gives a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinian electoral commission indefinitely postponed general elections called for January because the vote cannot take place in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

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