(Reuters) Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom had a brief encounter on Tuesday at the UN General Assembly when their delegations took seats side-by-side because of alphabetical ordering. Shalom and Allawi shook hands and the Israeli minister said he told the Iraqi leader that he hoped for peace in the Middle East.
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