Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (L) attends a meeting with his
Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas at Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank
City of Ramallah June 15, 2003. Israel and the Palestinians pursued a
security deal on Sunday that could lead to Israeli troop pullbacks in
return for a crackdown on Islamic militants after a week of violence
that battered a U.S.-backed peace plan. REUTERS/Osama Silwadi

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