SAUDI KING ABDULLAH WELCOMES PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP IN RIYADH
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (R) walks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) and Palestinian prime minister Ismail Haniya in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 27, 2007. (UPI Photo/Omar Rashidi/Palestinian President's Office)
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