Mon,Jan 13,2014

Int'l leaders attend state memorial ceremony of Sharon (2)

(Xinhua) 20:51, January 13, 2014

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Quartet representatives and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (4th L), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (6th L), U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (7th L), Israeli President Shimon Peres (8th L), speaker of Israel's Knesset (parliament) Yuli-Yoel Edelstein (9th L) and Chairman of Russia's State Duma Sergey Naryshkin (10th L) attend a state memorial ceremony of former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at Israel's Knesset (parliament) in Jerusalem, on Jan. 13, 2014. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, a controversial figure that altered the course of the Middle East, died at a hospital near Tel Aviv in central Israel at the age of 85 on Saturday. (Xinhua/Li Rui)