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Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, talking to Israeli journalists. He said that the Israeli Government is undermining his authority and the PNA Legitimacy, but he also said he is ready to meet with the Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, anywhere, anytime (PMC, 4/20/05).


Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany, waves from a balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican after being elected by the conclave of cardinals, April 19, 2005. Ratzinger, the strict defender of Catholic orthodoxy for the past 23 years, was elected Pope. (Photo by Max Rossi/Reuters, 4/20/05).


Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waves a red folder while leaving the Senate building in Rome April 20, 2005. Berlusconi moved to end the crisis that has threatened to tear his coalition apart by announcing he would resign on Wednesday and immediately form a new administration with the same allies. (Photo by Alessia Pierdomenico/Reuters, 4/20/05).


Vice President Alfredo Palacio (L) is sworn in as president by congresswoman Cyntia Viteri after Congress voted to fire President Lucio Gutierrez, in Quito, April 20, 2005. Ecuador's Congress fired Gutierrez for 'abandoning his post' after a crisis ignited last December when he packed the Supreme Court with political allies. (Photo by Angelo Chamba/Reuters, 4/19/05).


Thousands of Ecuadorans demonstrate in front of Carondelet Palace after President Lucio Gutierrez was fired by the Congress, in Quito, April 20, 2005. A total of 60 congressmen from the 100-seat chamber voted to fire Gutierrez for 'abandoning his post' and named Vice President Alfredo Palacio in his place. (Photo by Guillermo Granja/Reuters, 4/20/05).


Palestinian mothers demonstrating in Gaza yesterday demanding the release of their sons from the Israeli occupation prisons (Alhayat Aljadeeda, 4/19/05).


Palestinian demonstrators in Ramallah yesterday demanding release of Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli occupation jails (Al-Ayyam, 4/18/05).


Iraqi Shi'is demonstrating in Baghdad yesterday, demanding withdrawal of US forces from their country (Annahar, 4/19/05).


Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, welcoming Algerian President, Boutafliqi, in Sharm El-Shaikh yesterday for participation in the African Union mini summit (Al-Ahram, 4/19/05).


A video grab shows the wreckage of a Russian-built commercial helicopter in Baghdad, April 21, 2005. An Iraqi resistance group said it shot down a commercial helicopter with 11 people on board and then killed the only survivor, according to a statement and video posted on the Internet. (Photo by Reuters, 4/22/05).


An Iraqi policeman looks at the remains of a car hit by a road side bomb in the city of Samarra, north of Baghdad, April 21, 2005. The bomb injured six people. (Photo by Reuters, 4/22/05).


Mahmoud Al Ahmad on Thursday embraces his family upon his arrival at the King Hussein Bridge (Reuters photo by Ali Jarekji, Jordan Times, 4/22/05).


Israeli occupation soldiers terrorizing an elderly Palestinian woman worshipper by pointing their guns at her, screaming at her, then body-searching her before she entered Al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Al-Khalil (Hebron) yesterday (Al-Ayyam, 4/23/05).


Palestinian children throwing stones at Israeli occupation soldiers during a protest against the Israeli occupation Apartheid, Land-Grab Wall at the village of Bal'een, near Ramallah, yesterday (Alhayat Aljadeeda, 4/23/05).


A Palestinian teenager holding stones in his hands behind his back in order to throw them at Israeli occupation soldiers during a protest against the Israeli occupation Apartheid, Land-Grab Wall at the village of Bal'een, near Ramallah yesterday (Assafir, 4/23/05).


Saudis examining the scene of fighting between members of Al-Qaeda and Saudi security soldiers in Makkah, on Thursday (Assafir, 4/23/05).


Secretary-General of Hizbullah, Shaikh Hassan Nassrullah, threatening yesterday that Hizbullah will resort to capturing Israeli soldiers in order to swap them with Lebanese captives in Israeli occupation jails (Assafir, 4/23/05).


Young Palestinian Hamas supporters march during a Hamas rally in Gaza April 22, 2005. Thousands of Palestinian Hamas supporters attended a rally on Friday marking the first anniversary of the death of their late leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, who was assassinated by missiles from an Israeli occupation Apache helicopter, last year in Gaza. (23 Apr 2005 REUTERS/Suhaib Salem).


Muslim leaders participating in the Bandong Conference attending Friday Prayer in Jakarta yesterday (Annahar, 4/23/05).


A number of Muslim Spaniards accused of being members of Alqaeda during the first session of their trial in Madrid yesterday (Assafir, 4/23/05).


Russian President, Vladimir Putin (left), welcoming President Lukashenko of Belarus in the Kremilin yesterday. Replying to Condi Rice's call for changing his regime, Lukashenko sarcastically said that he was happy that the US Secretary of State knows that there is a country called Belarus. He also said that she may even know where Belarus is, which may be a good thing anyway (Assafir, 4/23/05).

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