A released Palestinian prisoner, center, is hugged by a friend upon his arrival at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Israel on Monday freed nearly 200 jailed Palestinians, including a militant mastermind from the 1970's who became the Jewish state's longest serving Palestinian prisoner, in a goodwill gesture made just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to begin her latest peace mission to the region. AP Photo logo AP Photo 10 months ago

A released Palestinian prisoner, center, is hugged by a friend upon his arrival at Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Aug. 25, 2008. Israel on Monday freed nearly 200 jailed Palestinians, including a militant mastermind from the 1970's who became the Jewish state's longest serving Palestinian prisoner, in a goodwill gesture made just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to begin her latest peace mission to the region.

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  12. Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks to supporters of the Jewish Primary Day School of the Nation's Capital in Washington, in this handout image from May 3, 2009 at the 6th and I Historic Synagogue. An allergic reaction caused the swelling to Rice's right eye. Picture taken May 3, 2009.
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