U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON TOURS MIDEAST

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (R) speaks during a joint statement with Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz after arriving in Israel at Ben Gurion Airport on March 24,2007. Ban will meet Sunday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah but said earlier on Saturday that he had no plans to meet Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh during his Middle East tour.. (UPI Photo/Heidi Levine/POOL).