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TUN2001011102 - 11 JANUARY 2001 - TUNIS, TUNISIA: Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, right, speaks with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Tunis, Tunisia, January11, 2001, after attending an Arab foreign ministers meeting in the Tunisian capital to discuss the stalled Middle East peace process. rlw/Arafat Press Office UPI

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