Abbas present UN bid

       Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks in Ramallah in the lead-up to the vote on Palestinian statehood in the UN next week; says 'we will go to the UN Security Council". The Palestinians are proceeding with their United Nations statehood bid because US President Barack Obama said he wants to see a Palestinian state, PA leader Mahmoud Abbas said in his Ramallah speech. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says that the refugee problem needs to be resolved, charging that the Israeli government only wants negotiations for the sake of negotiations. (18,27)