PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) meets with the British Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Kim Howells at the Palestinian Authority headquarters, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 23, 2006. (UPI Photo/Abd Alhalim Abu Askar/Pool)
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