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Two ultra-orthodox Jews and other onlookers stand outside the Hadassah hospital waiting news about Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's health condition in Jerusalem Thursday Jan. 5, 2006. Sharon is fighting for his life Thursday following seven hours of emergency surgery to stop widespread bleeding in his brain. The massive stroke made it unlikely that he would return to power, and plunged the region into uncertainty. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)