Lieberman thanks German foreign minister for Shalit efforts
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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman thanked his German counterpart, Guido Westerwelle, for mediating a possible prisoner exchange deal for the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit.
"I don't know if there will be results, but it is evident that he is completely professional," Lieberman said of Westerwelle. Lieberman's party, Yisrael Beiteinu, plans to give its members total freedom in the vote on the deal, should it surface. (Attila Somfalvi)