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Palestinian passengers board a bus as they wait to leave the Gaza Strip and enter Egypt through the Rafah border crossing, Friday Sept. 22, 2006. The Rafah crossing opened early Friday for the first time since Aug. 25. It was expected to be open for two days, to allow thousands of Palestinians to pass through en route to Saudi Arabia, to celebrate the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, said Hani Jabbour, a Palestinian diplomat speaking by telephone from inside the border terminal.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)