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Palestinian independent parliamentary candidate Mustafa Barghouthi holds a press conference at the Kalandia crossing between Jerusalem and West Bank town of Ramallah Tuesday Jan. 3, 2006. Earlier Tuesday Israeli police briefly detained Barghouthi as he and Hannan Ashrawi, another independent candidate campaigned outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. Palestinian parties launched their election campaign on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)