Donors meet in Paris to back Middle East peace bid
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More than 60 countries meet in Paris on Monday to underwrite renewed Middle East peace talks with pledges of aid for the Palestinian government, locked in a power struggle with Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel is pressing foreign donors to finance the construction of a web of roads through the occupied territories - made necessary by the building of the vast &quot;security&quot; barrier and Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat remained on life support in a Paris-area hospital as factions in the Gaza Strip prepared to discuss his successor in an effort to avoid conflict.
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Led by Europe, international donors on Monday pledged $7.4 billion over three years to help Palestinians as new peace talks begin with Israel, yet old Mideast fights over disputed land and freedom of movement shadowed the largest show of support for the Palestinians in more than a decade.
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The foreign ministers of France, Italy,  Spain and seven other European states called on Monday for an  international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict  and said Israel should make more concessions for peace.
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The foreign ministers of France, Italy, Spain and seven other European states called on Monday for an international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and said Israel should make more concessions for peace.
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The senior Palestinian officials hoping to come to France to visit their ailing leader Yasser Arafat put off their trip on Monday because Arafat&#39;s wife was opposed to it, a Palestinian official said.
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The United States sought on Thursday to bolster support for an aid blockade against the Palestinian Authority and win backing for U.S. efforts to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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HOPES of progress towards Middle East peace rose last night after Israel and the Palestinian Authority backed Tony Blairâs call for a London conference that could be a step towards the opening of negotiations on a final settlement.
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Envoys from the Quartet of international powers trying to mediate peace in the Middle East will meet in Jerusalem on Tuesday, diplomats and Israeli officials said on Friday.
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The Quartet of Middle East peace   mediators were prepared to endorse Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas' effort to form a national unity government on   Wednesday although its platform is still unclear, diplomats   said.
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European Union leaders on Friday expressed solidarity with the Palestinians and pledged to re-launch Mideast peace efforts, as Yasser Arafat clings to life in a Paris hospital.
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France kicked off an international donors conference to boost the Palestinian economy on Monday, with delegations expected to offer some $5.6 billion and give political impetus to the renewed Middle East peace talks.
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Relaunching the Middle East peace  process will be a test of U.S. relations with Europe, French  Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said on Wednesday.
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The Palestinian Authority made the request at a one-day meeting of big international donor nations began in Paris.
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Arab and Israeli leaders hold a summit in Egypt, in a show of support for Palestinian chief Mahmoud Abbas.
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The quartet of Middle East peace brokers backed a U.S. push to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on Friday but voiced deep concern about violence among Palestinians that threatens to undermine the effort.