PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANISATION CHAIRMAN MAHMOUD ABBAS AND PRIME MINISTER AHMED QURIE ATTEND A MEETING IN GAZA
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, second from left, Palestinian Cabinet Minister Saeb Erekat, third from left, and interim head of the Palestinian Authority, Rauhi Fattouh, center, walk out of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Gaza City, Thursday Nov. 18, 2004. Foreign ministers from countries backing a stalled Mideast peace plan will meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders next week in hopes of restarting peace talks in the wake of Yasser Arafat's death, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Thursday.(UPI photo /Ismael Mohamad)
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