Rice, Olmert, Abbas meet amid low expectations
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Monday for talks overshadowed by a Palestinian unity deal that has cast a new cloud over prospects for peacemaking.
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Top Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, under U.S. pressure to start peace talks, met on Monday on a plan to begin tackling some of the thorniest issues after a month-long impasse over Jewish settlements.
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Israeli-Palestinian talks hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ended on Monday with a vague promise to meet again and little sign of progress on reviving long-stalled peace moves.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are expected to meet on Sunday, officials said on Friday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought explanations on Sunday from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about a unity government that Israel said it had agreed with Washington to shun.
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A heated exchange between Rice and Abbas had the Palestinian President considering boycotting the meeting he now characterizes as "a big, big failure"
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JERICHO, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday to bolster peace efforts with Israel after a surprise ceasefire deal in Gaza.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday to try to bridge his differences with Israel over what a U.S.-led Middle East peace conference might achieve.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders today and urged them to step up their efforts to find a lasting peace.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials are expected to hold low-key but direct talks on the mechanics of the January election to succeed Yasser Arafat after a promise to Washington
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert meet for talks in Jerusalem.
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The Bush administration has so far failed to generate serious traction behind its latest Middle East peace effort, with the opening session of its Washington conference of Arab and Israeli leaders tentatively scheduled for Nov. 15, according to senior Arab and U.S. officials and former U.S. envoys.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Condoleezza Rice takes her shuttle diplomacy to the Palestinian leadership on Thursday as she works to narrow their differences with Israel before Washington hosts a major Middle East peace conference.
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JERUSALEM -- Questions over how to deal with the proposed Palestinian unity government overshadowed preparations yesterday for a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders today that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hopes can restart peace talks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met on Sunday for talks that seemed likely only to highlight their divisions over a Palestinian unity government whose formation appears imminent.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Condoleezza Rice travels from Israel to meet Palestinian leaders on Thursday to try and break a logjam between the two sides before Washington hosts a major Middle East peace conference.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   said he hoped to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas soon   for a summit the international community believes could help   revive peace talks.