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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli President Shimon Peres on Monday headed on a tour of Brazil and Argentina to counter archfoe Iran’s influence in Latin America, the second such trip in months by a senior cultured pearl jewelry Israeli official. The elder statesman was to arrive in Brasilia early on Tuesday for the first visit to Brazil by an Israeli president since 1966. On Sunday, he will continue to Argentina in the first such visit in 20 years. The trip comes just two weeks before Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Israel’s archfoe Iran, goes to Brazil. Peres’ visit aims to reinforce “strategic cooperation” between Israel and Brazil, as well as with Argentina, his spokesperson Ayelet Frish told AFP. "The president will discuss Iranian infiltration in South America and explain to his hosts that Israel has nothing against the Iranian people, but against Ahmadinejad, a fanatical leader who is more interested in enriching uranium than in the well-being of his people," the game machines spokesperson said. Iraq to resume Baghdad-Paris flights BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq’s national airline plans to resume direct flights between Baghdad and Paris after 20 years, the government said on Monday, prompted by demand following a drop in violence levels and a rise in investor interest. State-owned Iraqi Airways will sign an agreement with French authorities in mid-November to resume weekly flights between Baghdad and Paris, Iraq’s Cabinet said in a statement. More airlines are opening routes wheat pearl into Iraq after a fall in violence over the past 18 months, despite the hazards of air travel into a country where bombings and attacks remain common. Flights from Baghdad to other Middle Eastern destinations have jumped in recent years, and airlines have slowly begun opening up direct routes to European destinations.