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Celtic legends pose for a picture after winning the Dubai Football 7'S 2010 in the Gulf emirate on March 13, 2010. The green and white hoops of Celtic Legends triumphed at the inaugural Emirates Airline Dubai Football 7s, with an emphatic 3-2 Golden Goal victory against favourites AC Milan, while in the professionals final, Greek side Olympiacos defeated Leeds United by 2-0. Dubai
Avi Luzon (R), chairman of the Israel Football Association, presents the jersey of the Israeli national football team to Luis Fernandez, former head coach of Paris St Germain and Betar Jerusalem, during a press conference at Ramat Gan Stadium near Tel Aviv on March 21, 2010. Fernandez was named coach of the Israeli team. Israel
Deputy head, Middle East and North Africa - DFID Mary Hunt, right speaks with her colleagues as she attends the meeting of the working group for Yemen Development Needs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. North Africa
In this Dec.11, 2009 photo, a sign for MasterCard credit cards is shown on the entrance to a bank, in New York. MasterCard Inc. said Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, its fourth-quarter profit jumped 23 percent after the payment processor raised prices and it handled more transactions. MasterCard
To go with focus story India-China-Asia-technology-women-rights by Ben Sheppard A lone Indian woman (3rd L) waits for a bus at a bus-stop with other male travellers in New Delhi on March 17, 2010. While having a scan, a pregnant woman in India is not allowed to learn the gender of her unborn child. But her bill might be presented in a file coloured blue or pink -- and the meaning is clear. The method of skirting around the law is one of many reasons why 85 million women are described as 'missing' from India and China due to the abortion of female foetuses, female infanticide and death through neglect. Asia
Green party Secretary General Cecile Duflot, who heads the Europe Ecology list in the Paris region, casts her vote on March 21, 2010 at a polling station in the suburb of Villeneuve-Saint-Georges during the second round of regional elections. Europe
Africa Sport of Abidjan's player Kouyate (C) vies for the ball with Sudanese football club Al Hilal goalkeeper Mahgoub Al muez (R) on March 21, 2010 during their Africa Champions league football match at Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan. Africa
An Indian woman labourer carries stones on a construction site at a railway station in New Delhi, 18 February 2007. Whilst India's economy has undergone a substantial transformation since independence in 1947, women still suffer high levels of wage discrimination in the Indian urban labour market India
The winter sun sets over a hill in Frankfurt, central Germany, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Frankfurt
A giant portrait of Lebanon's late prime minister Rafik Hariri is seen beside a mosque named after him in Beirut, Lebanon Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007. Hariri, Lebanon's legendary prime minister was killed along with 22 people in a massive suicide truck bombing on Feb. 14, 2005. With the anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's slaying only days away, fears are increasing in downtown Beirut of a possibly explosive standoff between government supporters called to his gravesite and opposition protesters camped nearby. Lebanon
Palestinian and Syrian women shout slogans during a march held at the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, near Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, against Israel's attempts to increase its influence and the rededication Monday of a historic synagogue in the Jewish quarter of the Old City. Syria
Under a picture of Iran's late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, talks with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007. Iran
Indian Climate-action Network-South Asia (CANSA) members and activists pose beside a world map with placards during a campaign in New Delhi on August 28, 2009, ahead of the forthcoming UN Climate Summit. South Asian ministers will gather in Nepal next week for talks on the threat that climate change poses to the Himalayas and to the 1.3 billion people dependent on water flowing from the mountains. Experts say the Himalayan glaciers are melting at an alarming rate and with months to go before a key summit in Copenhagen, mountain nations are hoping to highlight the myriad of problems facing the region. South Asia
MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 10: Lee Smith (C) of Leeds Rhinos holds the trophy with Kylie Leuluai (L) and Luke Burgess after the Engage Super League Grand Final between Leeds Rhinos and St Helens at Old Trafford on October 10, 2009 in Manchester, England. Lee Smith
MUNICH, GERMANY - JANUARY 26: Beth A. Brooke of Ernst & Young attends the Digital Life Design (DLD) conference at HVB Forum on January 26, 2010 in Munich, Germany. DLD brings together global leaders and creators from the digital world. Ernst & Young
An Iraqi man lights a cigarette for a soldier from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment of the Second infantry Division during a search operation in the Shaab neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007. Iraq
UCLA's Jasmine Dixon shoots during NCAA college basketball practice in Minneapolis, Saturday, March 20, 2010. UCLA is to play North Carolina State in a first-round game on Sunday. University of California, Los Angeles
Warsaw, POLAND: King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud holds Olga(L) and Daria Kolacz Polish conjoined twins who came with their mother Wieslawa Dabrowska for a meeting with King in Belweder palace in Warsaw 26 June 2007. The twins were joined at the abdomen, pelvis, buttocks and spine and successfully separated in January 2005 in an operation funded by Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Isralei Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) greets US Middle East envoy George Mitchell in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Mitchell is visiting in a fresh bid to try to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, the US embassy announced. The visit comes as the peace process has been thrown into disarray after Israel insisted it will go ahead with the construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem, in a move that has enraged Washington.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) greets US Middle East envoy George Mitchell in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Mitchell is visiting in a fresh bid to try to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, the US embassy announced. The visit comes as the peace process has been thrown into disarray after Israel insisted it will go ahead with the construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem, in a move that has enraged Washington.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) shakes hands with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell during a meeting in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Mitchell is visiting in a fresh bid to try to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, the US embassy announced. The visit comes as the peace process has been thrown into disarray after Israel insisted it will go ahead with the construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem, in a move that has enraged Washington.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) shakes hands with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell during a meeting in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Mitchell is visiting in a fresh bid to try to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, the US embassy announced. The visit comes as the peace process has been thrown into disarray after Israel insisted it will go ahead with the construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem, in a move that has enraged Washington.

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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) shakes hands with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell during a meeting in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Mitchell is visiting in a fresh bid to try to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, the US embassy announced. The visit comes as the peace process has been thrown into disarray after Israel insisted it will go ahead with the construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem, in a move that has enraged Washington.

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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) shakes hands with US Middle East envoy George Mitchell during a meeting in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Mitchell is visiting in a fresh bid to try to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, the US embassy announced. The visit comes as the peace process has been thrown into disarray after Israel insisted it will go ahead with the construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem, in a move that has enraged Washington.

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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) greets US Middle East envoy George Mitchell in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Mitchell is visiting in a fresh bid to try to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, the US embassy announced. The visit comes as the peace process has been thrown into disarray after Israel insisted it will go ahead with the construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem, in a move that has enraged Washington.

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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak (R) greets US Middle East envoy George Mitchell in Jerusalem on March 21, 2010. Mitchell is visiting in a fresh bid to try to relaunch the stalled Middle East peace process, the US embassy announced. The visit comes as the peace process has been thrown into disarray after Israel insisted it will go ahead with the construction of new homes for Jewish settlers in east Jerusalem, in a move that has enraged Washington.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with U.S envoy George Mitchell at the prime minister's office on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Mitchell will also meet with Defense Minister Ehud Barak to discuss issues with negotiations with Palestine.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with U.S envoy George Mitchell at the prime minister's office on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Mitchell will also meet with Defense Minister Ehud Barak to discuss issues with negotiations with Palestine.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with U.S envoy George Mitchell at the prime minister's office on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Mitchell will also meet with Defense Minister Ehud Barak to discuss issues with negotiations with Palestine.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: In this handout image supplied by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets with U.S envoy George Mitchell at the prime minister's office on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Mitchell will also meet with Defense Minister Ehud Barak to discuss issues with negotiations with Palestine.

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KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP - MARCH 21: Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, is shown around a UN funded housing project for displaced Palestinians, on March 21, 2010 in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis. Ban expressed solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians and urged Israel to end the Gaza blockade.

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KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP - MARCH 21: Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, is shown around a UN funded housing project for displaced Palestinians, on March 21, 2010 in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis. Ban expressed solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians and urged Israel to end the Gaza blockade.

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KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP - MARCH 21: Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, is shown around a UN funded housing project for displaced Palestinians, on March 21, 2010 in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis. Ban expressed solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians and urged Israel to end the Gaza blockade.

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KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP - MARCH 21: Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, is shown around a UN funded housing project for displaced Palestinians, on March 21, 2010 in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis. Ban expressed solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians and urged Israel to end the Gaza blockade.

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KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP - MARCH 21: Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, is shown around a UN funded housing project for displaced Palestinians, on March 21, 2010 in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis. Ban expressed solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians and urged Israel to end the Gaza blockade.

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KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP - MARCH 21: Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, is shown around a UN funded housing project for displaced Palestinians, on March 21, 2010 in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis. Ban expressed solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians and urged Israel to end the Gaza blockade.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (L) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli leader's Jerusalem offices on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 21: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his offices as he meets with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on March 21, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel. Ban had just returned from a day's visit to the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu, after meeting George Mitchell, the US specal envoy to the Middle East, will leave this evening for a short visit to the US.

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