A member of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security force balances a baton on his nose following a ceremony to celebrate the arrival of 600 members of Abbas' police force after training in Jordan, in the West Bank city of Jericho, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Six hundred members of Abbas' police force graduated in Jordan and returned to be deployed in Jericho Wednesday. AP Photo logo AP Photo 18 months ago

A member of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security force balances a baton on his nose following a ceremony to celebrate the arrival of 600 members of Abbas' police force after training in Jordan, in the West Bank city of Jericho, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Six hundred members of Abbas' police force graduated in Jordan and returned to be deployed in Jericho Wednesday.

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