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[Milton Mueller <mueller@syr.edu>]

JERUSALEM--Palestinians striving for a state of their own will be
asserting
independence on the Internet, ending their addresses with ".ps"
to signify a
Palestinian state, an official said today.

Palestinians have been using ".wg" at the end of their Internet
addresses to
signify the West Bank and Gaza. Israeli addresses end in ".il."

"It is a sign toward the independent Palestinian state,"
Palestinian deputy
minister of planning Anis al-Kak said, adding that technical
preparations
will be completed within two weeks.

He said the Palestinians have been working with the United
Nations
Department of Economics and Statistics to arrange for the
addresses to
reflect statehood rather than territorial status.

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, who began negotiating peace
with Israel
in 1993, aims to establish an independent Palestinian state in
the West Bank
and Gaza Strip.