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Farewell to Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres

President Barack Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres raise their glasses in a toast after Obama received the Israeli Medal of Distinction from Peres. Source: AAP-Pablo Martinez Monsivais

A long list of world leaders will attend today the funeral of former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres, who died on Wednesday at 93. Mr Peres won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for his role negotiating the Oslo peace accords with the Palestinians a year earlier, a prize he shared with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Michele Giorgio reports.


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A long list of world leaders will attend today the funeral of former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres, who died on Wednesday at 93. Mr Peres won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for his role negotiating the Oslo peace accords with the Palestinians a year earlier, a prize he shared with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Michele Giorgio reports.



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