 In outside Africa, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has decided to postpone parliamentary elections, scheduled for May 22nd. Said in Israel's rejection of holding elections in the occupied city of East Jerusalem, Abbas said they will not hold elections with Jerusalem excluded from voting. He said the Israeli side had not given an answer to the Palestinian request for holding the polls in Jerusalem, because the reason is really government to take such a decision. Abbas added that the European Union informed the Palestinian side of their disappointment over not getting an answer from the Israeli side. The daily said that the pressure came as their welfare that Hamas might win the elections.