RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN MEETS WITH SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR ASSAD

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) listens to his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad during a meeting in Kremlin in Moscow on December 19, 2006. Putin on Tuesday hosted Syrian President Bashar Assad for talks focusing on tensions among the Palestinians, Lebanon's political standoff and the stalled Middle East peacemaking. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)

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Syria official hails Clinton on Obama team

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