Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (L) meets Aviva (R) and Noam Shalit, parents of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, in Jerusalem April 13, 2008. Shalit was abducted in a cross border raid by Palestinian gunmen on June 25, 2006. Carter said in remarks to air on Sunday that his upcoming visit to the Middle East probably would include a meeting in Syria with leaders of the militant group Hamas.
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