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The Islamic republic's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, seen here in March 2006, used a pro-Palestinian conference in Tehran to rally support from Islamic nations for the cash-strapped, Hamas-led Palestinian government.(AFP/File)

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A Palestinian boy brandishes a toy gun during a rally in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, April 14, 2006. Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Friday financial pressure from an 'unholy alliance' led by the United States will not bring down the new Hamas government. REUTERS/Mustafa Abu Dayeh

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President Vladimir Putin, right, toasts Palestinian Authority ambassador Baker Abdel Monem, left, with ambassadors Christopher Elder, second left, of New Zealand and Izzat Saad El Sayed of Egypt, in the background, during a ceremony of receiving credentials in Moscow's Kremlin, Thursday, April 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Alexander Natruskin, Pool)