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PALESTINIANS CELEBRATE FESTIVITY OF EID AL-FITR IN GAZA .

Palestinian children play as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Eid al-Fitr, in Deir AL-Balah refugee camp in the center of the Gaza Strip October 13, 2007 Eid al-Fitr is the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.(UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad)

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