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Picture dated 16 December 1947 shows president of the Young Men's Moslem Association, Saleh Harb Pasha (background C) carried on shoulders of some of his followers during a huge demonstration in Cairo against the United Nations decision to partition Palestine. On November 29, 1947, the United Nations' General Assembly voted resolution 181 on the division of Palestine in two states, one Jewish and one Arab. (KEYSTONE/EPA/AFP)