Beckett lands in Mideast
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British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett arrived in the Middle East on Monday to gauge the prospects for reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, saying she was optimistic despite persistent factional warfare.
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IN Israel/Palestine, pessimism is close kin to commonsense: hope, to naivety. No commentator has ever sounded foolish by emphasising the obstacles to peace.
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The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, has arrived in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv as part of an attempt to revive the Middle East peace process.
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Â·   Mashal predicts explosion across Middle East Â·   Fatah conflict blamed on foreign intervention
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Shahar Peer, the 20-year-old from Jerusalem who has ignored an unofficial boycott which has kept Israeli players from competing in the Gulf states, will make diplomatic history when she steps on court at the 2.5 million dollar Qatar Open on Monday.
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The director Deborah Warner and her longtime collaborator, the actress Fiona Shaw, are bringing a production of Samuel Beckettâs âHappy Daysâ to New York.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived in Tel Aviv for talks with his Israeli counterpart Ehud Olmert and other key players in the region on the stalled Middle East peace process.
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BOSTON, July 5  â Josh Beckett made his case to start the All-Star Game. Too bad he cannot bring the entire Red Sox lineup with him.
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Sponsors of an internationally backed Mideast peace plan will send their foreign ministers to the region next week in hopes of restarting Israeli-Palestinian talks in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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It&#39;s splitsville for Manhattan bowling kingpin Tom Shannon and the grad-school buddy who secretly invested $1.3 million of Yasser Arafat&#39;s money in his business.
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Israel's Shimon Peres traveled to the Persian Gulf state last week, highlighting its unconventional foreign policy.
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Deflated Israeli expectations and expressions of U.S. goodwill are expected to be the hallmarks of Ehud Olmert&#039;s first visit to Washington this week as Israel&#039;s prime minister.
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The Skinny: Beckett is facing the Padres for the first time in San Diego. In two career starts in Florida, Beckett is 2-0 against the Padres with a 1.93 ERA.
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be the only issue on his visit to Israel.
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The US secretary of state is in the Middle East for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders amid fresh diplomacy.
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His trip includes Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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The incoming US secretary of state says resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be a core goal.