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?U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,Timberland Hiking Shoes, standing beside Amr, thanked Mursi for peace efforts that showed "responsibility, leadership" in the region.
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In his call with Netanyahu, Obama in turn repeated U.S. commitment to Israel's security and promised to seek funds for a joint missile defence program, the White House said.
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The ceasefire was forged despite a bus bomb explosion that wounded 15 Israelis in Tel Aviv earlier in the day and despite more Israeli air strikes that killed 10 Gazans. It was the first serious bombing in Israel's commercial capital since 2006.
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(Additional reporting by Noah Browning in Gaza,Timberland Shoes, Ori Lewis,Timberland Boots, Allyn Fisher-Ilan and Crispian Balmer in Jerusalem, Yasmine Saleh,Timberland Boots Men, Shaimaa Fayed and Tom Perry in Cairo,Timberland Roll Top Boots, Suleiman al-Khalidi in Amman and Margaret Chadbourn in Washington; Writing by Alistair Lyon and David Stamp; Editing by Louise Ireland) |
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