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The Middle East is a historical and geographical region of Africa-Eurasia with no clear definition; it traditionally includes countries or regions in Southwest Asia and parts of North Africa. The corresponding adjective to Middle East is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is Middle-Easterner.

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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
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
Protesters wave Palestinian flags during an anti-Israel protest near the Kissufim border crossing between Israel and Gaza, east of Deir Al Balah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 20, 2010. On Sunday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to visit Gaza. Israel and Egypt imposed a border blockade after Hamas seized Gaza by force in 2007. The closure, including the ban on the import of building materials, has prevented reconstruction of thousands of apartments destroyed or damaged during Israel's three-week military offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers more than a year ago. Israel
Graphic shows decline in the number of priests in Europe and the U.S. Europe
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
Irish singer Bono arrives to attend the Pan Africa Media Conference on March 18, 2010, at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi. The two day conference will reflect on the African media's past, present and prospects for the future against the challenges of a dynamic globalised environment. 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
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
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
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
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
LONDON - FEBRUARY 15: A skyscraper occupied by HSBC bank is seen between two skyscrapers in Canary Wharf on February 15, 2010 in London, England. As the UK gears up for one of the most hotly contested general elections in recent history it is expected that that the economy, immigration, the NHS and education are likely to form the basis of many of the debates. HSBC
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
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

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell (2nd L) and French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner arrive for a press confereence following a working meeting on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell (2nd L) and French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner arrive for a press confereence following a working meeting on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell (R) is welcomed by French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner before a working meeting on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell (R) is welcomed by French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner before a working meeting on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell (R) is welcomed by French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner before a working meeting on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell (R) is welcomed by French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner before a working meeting on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell gives a joint press conference after a working meeting with French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (not pictured) on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell gives a joint press conference after a working meeting with French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (not pictured) on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell gives a joint press conference after a working meeting with French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (not pictured) on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell gives a joint press conference after a working meeting with French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (not pictured) on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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Masked Palestinian youths gather in the Shuafat refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem during clashes with Israeli security forces on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start in Ramallah of a Middle East tour aimed at reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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Masked Palestinian youths gather in the Shuafat refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem during clashes with Israeli security forces on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start in Ramallah of a Middle East tour aimed at reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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Masked Palestinian youths clash with Israeli security forces (not seen) in the Shuafat refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem during on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start in Ramallah of a Middle East tour aimed at reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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Masked Palestinian youths clash with Israeli security forces (not seen) in the Shuafat refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem during on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start in Ramallah of a Middle East tour aimed at reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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Masked Palestinian youths gather in the Shuafat refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem during clashes with Israeli security forces on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start in Ramallah of a Middle East tour aimed at reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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Masked Palestinian youths gather in the Shuafat refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem during clashes with Israeli security forces on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start in Ramallah of a Middle East tour aimed at reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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A Palestinian protester throws a stone towards Israeli security forces during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start in Ramallah of a Middle East tour aimed at reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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A Palestinian protester throws a stone towards Israeli security forces during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start in Ramallah of a Middle East tour aimed at reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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Two members of an Israeli special police force unit run after Palestinian protesters during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start of his Middle East tour in Ramallah with the aim of reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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Two members of an Israeli special police force unit run after Palestinian protesters during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start of his Middle East tour in Ramallah with the aim of reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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An Israeli border policeman bundles an arrested Palestinian stone thrower into the back of a police vehicle during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start of his Middle East tour in Ramallah with the aim of reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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An Israeli border policeman bundles an arrested Palestinian stone thrower into the back of a police vehicle during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start of his Middle East tour in Ramallah with the aim of reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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A member of an Israeli special police forces unit arrests a Palestinian stone-thrower during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start of his Middle East tour in Ramallah with the aim of reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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A member of an Israeli special police forces unit arrests a Palestinian stone-thrower during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start of his Middle East tour in Ramallah with the aim of reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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Israeli special police forces arrest a Palestinian stone-thrower during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start of his Middle East tour in Ramallah with the aim of reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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Israeli special police forces arrest a Palestinian stone-thrower during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start of his Middle East tour in Ramallah with the aim of reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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Israeli special police forces arrest a Palestinian stone-thrower during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start of his Middle East tour in Ramallah with the aim of reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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Israeli special police forces arrest a Palestinian stone-thrower during clashes in the Shuafat Palestinian refugee camp in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on March 20, 2010. As UN chief Ban Ki-moon said the international community 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to build a state at the start of his Middle East tour in Ramallah with the aim of reviving peace talks, Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a joint press conference with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad (not seen) following their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 20, 2010. Ban began a visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, saying the Middle East Quartet 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to create their own state.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a joint press conference with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad (not seen) following their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 20, 2010. Ban began a visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, saying the Middle East Quartet 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to create their own state.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) speaks during a joint press conference with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad following their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 20, 2010. Ban began a visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, saying the Middle East Quartet 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to create their own state.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) speaks during a joint press conference with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad following their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 20, 2010. Ban began a visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, saying the Middle East Quartet 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to create their own state.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a joint press conference with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad (not seen) following their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 20, 2010. Ban began a visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, saying the Middle East Quartet 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to create their own state.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a joint press conference with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad (not seen) following their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 20, 2010. Ban began a visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, saying the Middle East Quartet 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to create their own state.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) reviews an honour guard with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad upon his arrival for a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 20, 2010. Ban began a visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, saying the Middle East Quartet 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to create their own state.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) reviews an honour guard with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad upon his arrival for a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 20, 2010. Ban began a visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, saying the Middle East Quartet 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to create their own state.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) shakes hands with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad upon his arrival for a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 20, 2010. Ban began a visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, saying the Middle East Quartet 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to create their own state.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (L) shakes hands with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad upon his arrival for a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 20, 2010. Ban began a visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, saying the Middle East Quartet 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to create their own state.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C-L) reviews an honour guard with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad (C-R) upon his arrival for a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 20, 2010. Ban began a visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, saying the Middle East Quartet 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to create their own state.

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (C-L) reviews an honour guard with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad (C-R) upon his arrival for a meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah on March 20, 2010. Ban began a visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, saying the Middle East Quartet 'strongly supports' Palestinian efforts to create their own state.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell (2nd L) and French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner arrive for a press confereence following a working meeting on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell (2nd L) and French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner arrive for a press confereence following a working meeting on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell (R) is welcomed by French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner before a working meeting on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell (R) is welcomed by French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner before a working meeting on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell (R) is welcomed by French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner before a working meeting on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell (R) is welcomed by French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner before a working meeting on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell gives a joint press conference after a working meeting with French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (not pictured) on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell gives a joint press conference after a working meeting with French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (not pictured) on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell gives a joint press conference after a working meeting with French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (not pictured) on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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US' special envoy to the middle-east George Mitchell gives a joint press conference after a working meeting with French foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (not pictured) on March 20, 2010 in Paris, ahead of his expected return to the tense region. Mitchell hold talks with Kouchner, amid tensions over Israel's move to build settler homes. France has condemned Israel's 'ill-timed and illegal' decision to authorise the building of 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem. The Middle East diplomatic quartet seeking a peace settlement urged Israel on March 19, 2010 to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012.

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