http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991012/wr/mideast_internet_2.html Palestinians Get Independent Internet Code JERUSALEM (Reuters) - 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 Monday. 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 told Reuters. He said technical preparations would be completed within two weeks. He said the Palestinians had 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.