PALESTINIANS WALK BY A POSTER OF MARWAN BARGHOUTI IN RAMALLAH
A Palestinian walks under a poster of imprisoned Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti, who yesterday announced his candidacy for the upcoming Presidential electioni on January 9, on a street in Ramallah in the West Bank, December 2, 2004. Barghouti is currently serving five life sentences in Israeli prisons for several murder convictions. (UPI Photo/Debbie Hill)
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