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PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ABBAS MEETS WITH EU EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMISSIONER BENITA FERRERO-WALDNER
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) shakes hands with European Union External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner in Amman, Jordan on February 28, 2007. (UPI Photo/Omar Rashidi/Palestinian President's Office)

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