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Gaza Prime Ministers Ismail Haniy visits Rafah border crossing in Gaza

Ismail Haniya, Prime Minister of the Islamist Hamas movement, is surrounded by bodyguards during his visit to the Rafah border crossing in Southern Gaza on June 27, 2009. The Rafah crossing with Egypt was opened to allow more than 100 patients, students and visa holders leave the besieged Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, an official at the crossing said. (UPI Photo/Ismael Mohamad)

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