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POPS24 hours in pictures - 17th April 10 Simbach am Inn, Germany: A sculpture of the river God Aenus looks out over the town. The sculpture caused controversy in the border area between Bavaria and Austria because the sculpture's buttocks point directly at the neighbouring Austrian town of Braunau 5 Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo: People gather near newly dug graves of the victims of an air crash
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POPSHamas/Carter for Peace that Zionist Don't want. "They said they would accept a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders if approved by Palestinians and they would accept the right of Israel to live as a neighbour next door in peace provided the agreements negotiated by Prime Minister Olmert and President Abbas were submitted to the Palestinians for their overall approval, even though Hamas might disagree with some terms of the agreement," Carter said. The Hamas position reflected a key agreement known as the Prisoners' Document, which Hamas signed with its rival Fatah, led by Abbas, two years ago. However, that agreement was overtaken by a near civil war between the two rival groups. The Hamas leaders also told Carter a "national reconciliation" between Hamas and Fatah was necessary for any peace agreement to work, even though the two sides appear a long way from a rapprochement. ...Guardian