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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Barack Obama, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II walk to East Room of the White House before making statements on the Middle East peace negotiations in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday in Arlington, Va., as the U.S. prepares to relaunch Middle East peace talks at the White House. (Associated Press)

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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (left), envoy of the Middle East Quartet, which comprises the United Nations, European Union, United States and Russia, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2010. Mr. Blair on Tuesday called on Israelis and Palestinians to bring serious proposals to a new round of peace talks set to start Sept. 2. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. Israel and the Palestinians will resume long-stalled direct peace talks in Washington early next month with the aim of reaching a settlement in a year's time, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday.(AP Photo/Atef Safadi, Pool)

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United States Mideast envoy George Mitchel, right, arrives for a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not seen, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010. Mr. Mitchell is returning to the region for a lightning-fast visit this week in a bid to get Israel and the Palestinians to agree to direct peace talks by Sept. 1, U.S. officials said.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Palestinian women wait near a section of Israel's separation barrier covered in graffiti, one depicting the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, at the Kalandia checkpoint , between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. Israel loosened some restrictions on Palestinian movement between the West Bank and Israel during the monthlong Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

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George Mitchell, U.S. Mideast special envoy, tells of meeting Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. He meets Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Associated Press)

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From left to right in the front row, Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and Moammar Gadhafi of Libya join other presidents for a group photograph near Lake Victoria for the opening of the African Union Summit in Kampala, Uganda, on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a religious ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Saturday, July 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)