RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV MEETS WITH HAMAS LEADER MESHAAL IN MOSCOW

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walk into a hall for negotiations before their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow on February 27, 2007. Meshaal praised Russia's efforts to end a Western aid embargo on the Palestinian administration during a visit to Moscow intended to win support for a new unity government. (UPI Photo/Anatoli Zhdanov)