Israel's President Shimon Peres (L) and Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner kiss each other at the end of a news conference at Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires on November 16, 2009. Peres is in a two-day official visit to Argentina. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

Israel's President Shimon Peres (L) and Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner kiss each other at the end of a news conference at Casa Rosada presidential palace in Buenos Aires on November 16, 2009. Peres is in a two-day official visit to Argentina.

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  1. New York Knicks' Wilson Chandler (21) shoots over Sacramento Kings' Omri Casspi, (18), of Israel, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 in New York.
  2. Alize Cornet of France returns a backhand to Israel's Shahar Peer during their Paris Open tennis tournament match at the Coubertin stadium in Paris, February 9, 2010.
  3. Alize Cornet of France reacts during her Paris Open tennis tournament match against Israel's Shahar Peer at the Coubertin stadium in Paris, February 9, 2010.
  4. Alize Cornet of France serves to Israel's Shahar Peer during their Paris Open tennis match at the Coubertin stadium in Paris, February 9, 2010.
  5. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his office in Jerusalem in this February 7, 2010 file picture. Netanyahu called for immediate and "crippling" sanctions against Iran on February 9, 2010, as it began making higher-grade nuclear fuel in defiance of international censure.
  6. Spaniard Ariadna Jove Marti (2nd L) and Australian Bridgette Chappell, both activists belonging to the International Solidarity Movement, appear in Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem February 8, 2010. Israel's Supreme Court ordered the two pro-Palestinian foreign activists released on bail on Monday, saying Israeli immigration officers overstepped their bounds by detaining them in the West Bank.
  7. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman attends an Yisrael Beiteinu party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 8, 2010.
  8. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (front) attends a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 8, 2010.
  9. An Israeli security guard stands next to a truck with gas at the gas depot in the southern city of Ashkelon, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Police say an explosive device strapped to a gasoline truck was discovered and defused at the entrance to a major gas depot in southern Israel.
  10. Children attend a class after two non-government organizations from Israel set up a classroom at a camp for earthquake survivors in the Golf Club of Petionville in Port-a-Prince, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced after Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake.
  11. Children watch at a makeshift classroom, set up by two non-government organizations from Israel, at a camp for earthquake survivors in the Golf Club of the Petionville suburb in Port-a-Prince, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. Thousands were killed and many displaced after Haiti's Jan. 12 powerful earthquake.
  12. FILE - In this file photo taken on Sept. 23, 2005, a foreign activist is detained by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration at the construction site of Israel's separation barrier in the Palestinian village of Bilin near the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Israeli army says its forces entered the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010, and arrested two pro-Palestinian activists from Australia and Spain.
  13. BEIT HORON, WEST BANK - FEBRUARY 7: An Israeli army outpost stands over route 443, a main road on which Palestinian traffic is forbidden, linking central Israel with Jerusalem on February 7, 2010 near the Israeli settlement of Beit Horon in the West Bank. Israeli ministers have proposed a law annexing the road to dodge a recent Supreme Court decision that allows Palestinians to use the West Bank highway. A local road for Palestinian use only is seen on the right.
  14. BEIT HORON, WEST BANK - FEBRUARY 7: Vehicles drive on route 443, a main road on which Palestinian traffic is forbidden, linking central Israel with Jerusalem as Israel's separation barrier surounds it on February 7, 2010 near the Israeli settlement of Beit Horon in the West Bank. Israeli ministers have proposed a law annexing the road to dodge a recent Supreme Court decision that allows Palestinians to use the West Bank highway.
  15. BEIT HORON, WEST BANK - FEBRUARY 7: An Israeli woman walks to a bus station on route 443, a main road on which Palestinian traffic is forbidden, linking central Israel with Jerusalem as Israel's separation barrier surounds it on February 7, 2010 near the Israeli settlement of Beit Horon in the West Bank. Israeli ministers have proposed a law annexing the road to dodge a recent Supreme Court decision that allows Palestinians to use the West Bank highway.
  16. A man stands on a snowy Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights near the Israel-Syria border February 7, 2010. The Golan Heights form a strategic plateau between Israel and Syria of about 1,200 square kilometres (460 square miles). Israel captured it in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in 1981 in a move not recognized internationally.

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  1. Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) talks with Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, February 4, 2010.
  2. Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (C) meets Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and Argentina's Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana (R) at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, February 4, 2010.
  3. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner arrives for a news conference at the government house in Buenos Aires February 3, 2010. Fernandez said on Wednesday she will propose the economist Mercedes Marco del Pont as new Central Bank chief.
  4. Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) and Uruguay's President-elect Jose Mujica talk during a meeting at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires, January 14, 2010.
  5. Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, right, laughs as she talks with Uruguay's president-elect Jose Mujica, in Buenos Aires, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010. Mujica will take office March 1.
  6. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) delivers a speech at the Banco Nacion while Economy Minister Amado Boudou and Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli (R) listen, in Buenos Aires January 11, 2010. An Argentine judge on Monday was analyzing a government appeal of a court ruling that blocked its plan to use foreign currency reserves to repay debt and reinstated the ousted central bank president. The plan by President Fernandez to use billions of dollars to make debt payments has set off an escalating political battle and shaken Argentine financial markets.
  7. Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) accompanied by Banco Nacion's head Mercedes Marco del Pont (C) and Economy Minister Amado Boudou arrive at the Banco Nacion in Buenos Aires January 11, 2010. An Argentine judge on Monday was analyzing a government appeal of a court ruling that blocked its plan to use foreign currency reserves to repay debt and reinstated the ousted central bank president. The plan by President Fernandez to use billions of dollars to make debt payments has set off an escalating political battle and shaken Argentine financial markets.
  8. Argentina's President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, left, arrives at the press conference at the end of the XIX Ibero American summit in Estoril, near to Lisbon Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. Argentina will hold the next Ibero American summit.
  9. VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - NOVEMBER 28: Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (R) and Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner arrives to meet Pope Benedict XVI in his private library on November 28, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Pope held audience with the presidents to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of peace treaty between the two countries.
  10. Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) speaks with Pope Benedict XVI during their meeting at the Vatican November 28, 2009.
  11. Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) is greeted by Pope Benedict XVI during their meeting at the Vatican November 28, 2009.
  12. Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) and Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (R) during their meeting at the Vatican November 28, 2009.
  13. Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) and Chile's President Michelle Bachelet (R) during their meeting at the Vatican November 28, 2009.
  14. Pope Benedict XVI poses with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) during their meeting at the Vatican November 28, 2009.
  15. In this photo made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, left, and Chile's President Michelle Bachelet during a private audience he held in his private library at the the Vatican, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009.
  16. Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) gestures to her Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires, November 23, 2009.

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