UN'S ANNAN, PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT ABBAS MEET IN RAMALLAH

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speak as they come together for a meeting in Ramallah, West Bank, on August 30, 2006. Annan is in the Middle East trying to ease tensions after Israel battled Hezbollah in southern Lebanon for several weeks. (UPI Photo/Omar Rashidi/PPO)