Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) is greeted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy as he arrives at the EU-Mediterranean summit in Paris July 13, 2008. Some 43 heads of state and government are attending the French-inspired summit intended to revitalize cooperation between the European Union and Mediterranean countries. Reuters Pictures 11 months ago

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) is greeted by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy as he arrives at the EU-Mediterranean summit in Paris July 13, 2008. Some 43 heads of state and government are attending the French-inspired summit intended to revitalize cooperation between the European Union and Mediterranean countries.

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  1. Palestinian men carry posters of late leader Yasser Arafat, right, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, as they demonstrate in solidarity with Palestinians held in Israeli jails, calling for their release during a march organized by the PLO, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 3, 2009.
  2. Two Palestinians wearing masks representing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, and Head of Gaza's Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh, left, wave as they ride a car during a demonstration calling for Palestinian unity, in Gaza City, Wednesday, July, 1, 2009. A sign in Arabic reads "Block 3, Presidential car". Palestinians said Tuesday the rival Hamas and Fatah movements ended their latest round of reconciliation talks in Cairo without reaching a deal.
  3. Two Palestinians wearing masks representing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Head of Gaza's Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh, raise their hands as they stand together during a demonstration calling for Palestinian unity, in Gaza City, Wednesday, July, 1, 2009. Palestinians said Tuesday the rival Hamas and Fatah movements ended their latest round of reconciliation talks in Cairo without reaching a deal.
  4. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) arrives at a hotel with Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faysal Miqdada after a meeting with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus June 20,2009.
  5. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) arrives at a hotel with Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad after a meeting with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus June 20,2009.
  6. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (R) is accompanied by Syrian deputy foreign minister, Faisal Meqdad, upon his arrival at a hotel in Damascus following his meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on June 20, 2009. Abbas is on an official visit to Syria.
  7. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt look on during a press conference on July 3, 2009 following their meeting in Stockholm. Reinfeldt said that no decision would be taken in July about the re-election of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Sweden took over the rotating EU presidency on July 1.
  8. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt look on during a press conference on July 3, 2009 following their meeting in Stockholm. Reinfeldt said that no decision would be taken in July about the re-election of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Sweden took over the rotating EU presidency on July 1.
  9. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) looks on during a press conference with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on July 3, 2009 following their meeting in Stockholm. Reinfeldt said that no decision would be taken in July about the re-election of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Sweden took over the rotating EU presidency on July 1.
  10. French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Swedish Prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt look on prior to a meeting in Stockholm on July 3, 2009. President Sarkozy is the first foreign head of state to visit Sweden during the Swedish EU Presidency that commenced on July 1, 2009.
  11. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at a mosque in Paris to attend a ceremony gathering the families of the victims of the Yemenia airliner crash off the Comoros islands, July 2, 2009. Only one of the 153 people survived after the Yemenia Airbus A310 crashed into the Indian ocean in the early hours of Tuesday.
  12. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at a Paris mosque to attend a ceremony gathering the families of the victims of the Yemenia airliner crash off the Comoros islands, July 2, 2009. Only one of the 153 people survived after the Yemenia Airbus A310 crashed into the Indian ocean in the early hours of Tuesday.
  13. General Delegate to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg for the Palestinian Territories, Leila Shahid is seen addressing an Interdisciplinary Conference on Palestinian Refugees in the context of "UNRWA at 60" at Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday June 29, 2009.
  14. Johan Van Hecke, the head of the European Union's election observer mission, speaks to the journalists as the pools close on the day of the presidential election in Bissau on June 28, 2009. Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls on June 28 to elect a new president after a series of assassinations, including that of long-time leader Joao Bernardo Vieira, who was killed by members of the army on March 2 in apparent revenge for a bomb attack that claimed the life of the army chief, General Batista Tagme Na Waie.
  15. Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and European Union Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn (R) pose for photographers during the Crans Montana economic forum in Brussels June 26, 2009. Turkish and European Union officials said on Friday they were optimistic agreement could be reached soon on bringing Turkey into the planned Nabucco gas pipeline project.
  16. Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and European Union Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn (R) pose for photographers during the Crans Montana economic forum in Brussels June 26, 2009. Turkish and European Union officials said on Friday they were optimistic agreement could be reached soon on bringing Turkey into the planned Nabucco gas pipeline project.

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