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By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that Israeli authorities were “fully responsible” for the killing of a veteran Al Jazeera reporter during clashes in the occupied West Bank and called for an international investigation. Shireen Abu Akleh suffered a gunshot wound to the head in Jenin on Wednesday. Al Jazeera and Qatar, where the news networkd is based, accused Israeli troops of the killing. Israel, which has voiced regret at Abu Akleh’s death, said it was looking into the killing and that the fatal shot might have been fired by a…