Dignitaries from around the world gathered to take part in the funeral in Jerusalem of Leah Rabin, widow of slain Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Hundreds of people joined the Rabin family and friends to pay last respects at a memorial service held Wednesday in the Tel Aviv square where her husband was gunned down five years ago.
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