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CONGRESSMAN ACKERMAN VISITS PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT

U.S. Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) in his office in Ramallah, West Bank on August 25, 2007. (UPI Photo/Omar Rashidi/Palestinian Authority))

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