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(FILES) Photo dated 17 June 1997 shows former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres posing for a picture in Paris after presenting his book "Conversations with Shimon Peres", a book of interviews compiled by Robert Littel. Israel's current Prime Minister Ehud Barak is likely to support Peres for the post of president after Ezer Weizman steps down from the job in July, sources close to Barak told AFP late 28 May 2000.