Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 13-03-2010
(Reuters) – U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell returns to the region next week to try to salvage indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
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FACTBOX – Major issues in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 13-03-2010
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s relationship with the United States, a defining feature of the troubled Middle East, was under severe strain as diplomats scrambled on Saturday to save newborn U.S.-brokered peace talks with the Palestinians.
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"Insulted" by Israel, U.S. scrambles to save talks
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 13-03-2010
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday he must work to repair relations with Washington after a debacle over Jewish settlements that has undermined U.S.
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Clinton berates Netanyahu over settlements
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 11-03-2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it believed indirect Mideast peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians were still on, saying it had no confirmation that the Palestinians had decided to drop out.
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U.S. says it believes Mideast talks still on
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 11-03-2010
TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project condemned by Washington.
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Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 10-03-2010
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinians told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday that Israel’s new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers challenged Washington’s efforts to get indirect peace talks underway.
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Palestinians complain to Biden about settlement plan
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 07-03-2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama dispatches his vice president to the Middle East on Sunday to try to build support for reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks despite deep skepticism on both sides.
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Biden to try to boost Middle East peace prospects
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 03-03-2010
CAIRO (Reuters) – Arab League ministers on Wednesday backed a U.S. call for indirect Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, giving a boost to Washington’s efforts to revive the moribund peace process.
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Arab League gives Mideast talks 4-month window
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 24-02-2010
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday she hoped Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will resume soon, taking a more upbeat tone about efforts to end the conflict than typical for U.S. officials.
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Clinton hopes Mideast peace talks will resume soon
Filed Under (world updates) by admin on 22-02-2010
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s army clashed with Darfur’s rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) hours before both sides agreed a ceasefire and signed an agreement paving the way to peace talks, rebels and a U.N. source said on Sunday.
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Sudan, Darfur rebels clashed before deal: rebels, U.N.