Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C) stands in front of the coffin of Mahmoud Darwish during the funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah August 13, 2008. Palestinians gave their national poet Mahmoud Darwish what amounted to a state funeral in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday, mourning a man whose work voiced their sense of loss, exile and defiance. REUTERS/Maya Hitij/Pool (WEST BANK)