Stephen Harper visits the Middle East
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Canada's PM Harper and wife Laureen take tour at center of World Food Program during visit to Al Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq
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Canada's PM Harper speaks to media after tour in center of World Food Program during visit to Al Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq
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Canada's PM Harper listens to Major General al-Khalidi, of Jordanian army, during tour at center of World Food Program during visit to Al Zaatrai refugee camp, in Mafraq
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Canada's PM Harper and wife Laureen listen to Major General al-Khalidi, of Jordanian army, during tour at center of World Food Program during their visit to Al Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq
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Canada's PM Harper listen to briefing on status of Al Zaatari refugee camp by UN staff during visit in Mafraq
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Canada's PM Harper listen to briefing on status of Al Zaatari refugee camp by UN staff during visit in Mafraq
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Canada's PM Harper greets drivers of World Food Program at Al Zaatari camp in Mafraq
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Jordan's King Abdullah welcomes Canada's PM Harper at the Royal Palace in Amman
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Canada's PM Harper review Bedouin honour guards during Harper's visit to Jordan at the Royal Palace in Amman
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Canada's PM Harper review Bedouin honour guards in Amman
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Canada's PM Harper and Jordan's King Abdullah attend dinner meeting at Royal Palace in Amman
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Jordan's King Abdullah meets Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Amman
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Jordan's King Abdullah welcomes Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Amman
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Canada's Prime Minister Harper speaks after he was awarded a honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree from Tel Aviv University
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Canada's PM Harper signs the guest book at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial museum in Jerusalem
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Canada's PM Harper lays a wreath during a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem
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Canada's PM Harper pays his respect after laying a wreath during a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem
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Canad's PM Harper and Israel's PM Netanyahu listen to Yad Vashem Council Chairman Rabbi Lau during a visit to Yad Vashem's Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem
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Canada's PM Harper writes in a visitor's book during his visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City
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Canada's PM Harper places a note in between the stones of the Western Wall during a visit to Jerusalem's Old City
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Canada's PM Harper looks at a Bible with Western Wall Rabbi Rabinowitz as they stand in front of the Western Wall during his visit to Jerusalem's Old City
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Canada's PM Harper stands in front of Knesset speaker Edelstein during a welcoming ceremony at the Knesset in Jerusalem
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Canada's PM Harper and his wife Laureen stand with Knesset speaker Edelstein during a welcoming ceremony at the Knesset in Jerusalem
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Canada's Prime Minister Harper is escorted by Bethlehem mayor Baboun and Palestinian minister of tourism and antiquities Ma'ayah during his visit to the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem
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Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Palestinian President Abbas walk together during an honour guard ceremony in Ramallah
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Canada's Prime Minister Harper and Palestinian President Abbas shake hands after news conference in Ramallah
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Palestinian President Abbas walks with Canadian Prime Minister Harper as they review an honour guard ceremony in Ramallah
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Canada's Prime Minister Harper reviews an honour guard ceremony before his meeting with Palestinian President Abbas in Ramallah
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An Israeli holds up Canadian flags at a rally to thank Canada's PM Harper for his support of Israel during his visit in Jerusalem
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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks past Israelis rallying to thank Canada's PM Harper during his visit in Jerusalem
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Israelis hold signs and flags during a rally to thank Canada's PM Harper for his support of Israel during his visit in Jerusalem
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Israelis are silhouetted behind a Canadian flag at a rally to thank Canada's PM Harper for his support of Israel during his visit at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem
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Canada's PM Harper receives a key from Knesset speaker Edelstein during visit at Knesset in Jerusalem
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Israelis hold signs and flags at a rally to thank Canada's PM Harper for his support of Israel during his visit in Jerusalem
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Israel's PM Netanyahu delivers a speech as his Canadian counterpart Harper and his wife Laureen listen during a welcoming ceremony for Harper in Jerusalem
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Israel's Foreign Minister Lieberman greets his Canadian counterpart Baird before their dinner in Jerusalem
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Canada's Prime Minister Harper and his wife receive flowers after landing at Ben Gurion International Airport
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Canada's Prime Minister Harper and his wife are greeted at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv
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Canada's Prime Minister Harper and his wife wave as they disembark from their plane after landing at airport near Tel Aviv
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Israel has rolled out the red carpet for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's speech to the country's parliament, the Knesset.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced more funding initiatives Friday to assist Syrian refugees and to aid in the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons. Harper, on the final day of his visit to Israel and Jordan, made the announcement during a tour of the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan, some 12 kilometres from the Syrian border. That’s on top of the $2 million Canada gave the OPCW in early 2013 to help the organization investigate the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria. (The Canadian Press)