British journalist and peace activist Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of former British premier Tony Blair who is now an international Middle East peace envoy, speaks on her mobile phone in Gaza City on September 3, 2008. Booth said today she is trapped in Gaza as Israel refuses to let her leave the Palestinian territory she entered aboard a protest boat. Getty Images logo Getty Images 14 months ago

British journalist and peace activist Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of former British premier Tony Blair who is now an international Middle East peace envoy, speaks on her mobile phone in Gaza City on September 3, 2008. Booth said today she is trapped in Gaza as Israel refuses to let her leave the Palestinian territory she entered aboard a protest boat.

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  2. READING, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Mike Blair (L) of Edinburgh holds the trophy with Butch James during the Heineken Cup UK Launch at the Madejski Stadium on September 29, 2009 in Reading, England.
  3. READING, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Players of British teams that will take part in the Heineken Cup (L-R) Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers) Mike Blair, (Edinburgh), Will Skinner (Harlequins), Tom Willis (Newport Gwent Dragons), Ryan Jones (Ospreys), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors), Bob Casey (London Irish), Paul Tito (Cardiff Blues), Dean Schfield (Sale Sharks), Gareth Delve (Gloucester), Mark Jones, (Scarlets), Butch James (Bath) and Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) pose during the Heineken Cup UK Launch at the Madejski Stadium on September 29, 2009 in Reading, England.
  4. READING, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Players of British teams that will take part in the Heineken Cup (L-R) Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers) Mike Blair, (Edinburgh), Will Skinner (Harlequins), Tom Willis (Newport Gwent Dragons), Ryan Jones (Ospreys), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors), Bob Casey (London Irish), Paul Tito (Cardiff Blues), Dean Schfield (Sale Sharks), Gareth Delve (Gloucester), Mark Jones, (Scarlets), Butch James (Bath) and Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) pose during the Heineken Cup UK Launch at the Madejski Stadium on September 29, 2009 in Reading, England.
  5. READING, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Captains of British teams that will take part in the Heineken Cup (L-R) Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers) Mike Blair, (Edinburgh), Will Skinner (Harlequins), Tom Willis (Newport Gwent Dragons), Ryan Jones (Ospreys), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors), Bob Casey (London Irish), Paul Tito (Cardiff Blues), Dean Schfield (Sale Sharks), Gareth Delve (Gloucester), Mark Jones, (Scarlets), Butch James (Bath) and Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) pose during the Heineken Cup UK Launch at the Madejski Stadium on September 29, 2009 in Reading, England.
  6. READING, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 29: Captains of British teams that will take part in the Heineken Cup (L-R) Harry Ellis (Leicester Tigers) Mike Blair, (Edinburgh), Will Skinner (Harlequins), Tom Willis (Newport Gwent Dragons), Ryan Jones (Ospreys), Alastair Kellock (Glasgow Warriors), Bob Casey (London Irish), Paul Tito (Cardiff Blues), Dean Schfield (Sale Sharks), Gareth Delve (Gloucester), Mark Jones, (Scarlets), Butch James (Bath) and Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints) pose during the Heineken Cup UK Launch at the Madejski Stadium on September 29, 2009 in Reading, England.
  7. Tony Blair, Special Envoy of the Middle East Quartet, takes questions at a press conference September 22, 2009 at the United Nations in New York.
  8. Tony Blair, Special Envoy of the Middle East Quartet, takes questions at a press conference September 22, 2009 at the United Nations in New York.

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