They have issued " a plea for peace" calling for unity after the court case, whatever the outcome.

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It is finally a desperate plea for peace.

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He had ended his historic visit to Muslim Syria with a parting plea for Jews and Arabs to work for a just peace.

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World Peace also served a seven-game suspension in 2007 for his no-contest plea on a domestic violence charge.

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