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Unemployed Palestinian workers crowd in front of the Palestine Islamic Bank in Gaza to receive a $100 aid from the government appointed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas September 30, 2007. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA) - RTR1UFIM

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Unemployed Palestinian workers crowd in front of the Palestine Islamic Bank in Gaza to receive a $100 aid from the government appointed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas September 30, 2007. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA) - RTR1UFIM

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