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Page last updated at 10:46 GMT, Thursday, 10 June 2010 11:46 UK

Quiet development progress in the West Bank

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The Gaza Strip has been capturing the headlines in recent weeks following the deadly Israeli raid on an aid flotilla trying to break its blockade on the Hamas-controlled territory.

The other piece of Palestinian territory is the West Bank where the Palestinian Authority is building economic development in the hope that this will inevitably lead to statehood.

Mark Urban reports.

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Broadcast on Wednesday 9 June 2010.

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