Powell tries to jumpstart Israeli-Palestinian talks
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Secretary of State Colin Powell won a cautious pledge from Israel on Monday to ease its military grip over Palestinian areas in order to make possible an election to replace the late Yasser Arafat.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has launched a new Middle East peace drive by saying he will press both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for steps to help Palestinians elect a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived on Sunday for his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories in 18 months, signaling a new push for Middle East peace following the death of Yasser Arafat.
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President Bush opened his first presidential trip to Israel on Wednesday, seeking to build momentum for stalled Mideast peace talks
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet as early as Friday to try to bridge gaps in talks over a document to be presented at a U.S.-run conference on Palestinian statehood, sources close to the talks said.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell prescribed a cautious approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Friday, saying substantial steps toward creation of a
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has continued his latest Middle East peace mission, urging Israeli and Palestinian leaders to make the most of new chances.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is trying to arrange a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to advance long-stalled peace efforts, a spokeswoman said Sunday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell says the Bush administration wants to get peace-making efforts between Israel and the Palestinians restarted.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell says he hopes to meet Palestinian leaders soon as part of a harder US push for peace in the region following the death of President Yasser Arafat.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, arriving in Israel for his first visit in a year and a half, said Sunday that he would work with Palestinian leaders to come up
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Friday Middle East peace cannot be rushed, as Palestinians  must first elect a president and both sides must begin to carry  out the U.S.-backed "road map" peace plan.
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The US secretary of state is to meet Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to try to promote Middle East peace.
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United States Secretary of State Colin Powell is to hold a series of meetings in China to try to kickstart the multilateral talks over North Korea&#39;s nuclear weapons program.
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The US secretary of state sets off for the Middle East to try to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace moves.
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The Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Sunday held their second summit in less than a month, prodded by U.S. officials to continue their fledgling dialogue.
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Colin Powell, the outgoing American secretary of state, voiced hopes yesterday for a revival in the Middle East peace process following his first meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in more than 18 months.