U.S. Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, left, meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, at Abbas’ headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. President Barack Obama’s new Mideast envoy turned his attention to the Western-backed Palestinian government in the West Bank on Thursday, seeking to prop up a Gaza cease-fire and restart broader peace talks even as rockets thudded into southern Israel and Israeli warplanes attacked new targets. (AP Photo/Fadi Aruri, Pool)
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