Uncertainties remain in Mideast
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The Israeli Knesset&#39;s approval of a plan to dismantle Jewish settlements in Gaza and part of the West bank raises hopes for Middle East peace progress, but, as always in the region, there are myriad uncertainties.
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Analysis: Bush's trip has made one thing  clear: Israel and the Palestinians aren't making peace anytime soon
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Few campaigns in post-war American history have appeared to be as divisive as the one drawing to its still uncertain conclusion on Tuesday.
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Why the American President's agenda for the region doesn't square with the perspectives of the area's Arab populace
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JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH  - Israelis and Palestinians  far from Tuesday's summit in Egypt expressed doubts whether a  cease-fire declared by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and  President Mahmoud Abbas could end four years of bloodshed.
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DEAD SEA, Jordan &#151; Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice threw herself at two intractable Mideast problems &#151; the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Iraq &#151; during a brief trip to the region, and encountered the reality that the U.S. has few options other than patience.
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LONDON, Oct. 7 -- It was a tough week for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in the Middle East. On four issues pivotal to the future of the world's most volatile region, U.S. diplomatic efforts made no visible progress or came up against unexpected resistance during her five-day tour, according...
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It was unclear how detailed the talks between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas were.
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Palestinian prime minister, Ahmed Qureia, has questioned the new British-led Middle East peace plan. This week, Tony Blair announced plans to host an international conference on the Middle East in March next year in London.
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WASHINGTON -- Despite a flurry of hopeful signs in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the death of Yasser Arafat, the Bush administration is keeping a cautious distance from the emerging Palestinian leadership, saying that future political and economic support will depend on whether a new Palestinian president can rein in militant groups.
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Description: Despite recent violence, there have been increasingly positive signs in the Middle East over the last few weeks. The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and the withdrawal of Israeli settlers may be thawing the hardened conflict.
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TONY EASTLEY: Since the death last month of Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat there&#39;s been a relative lull in violence against Israeli forces in the occupied territories.
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In diplomacy, silence can speak as loudly as the noisiest protest. When Israel announced plans to build 1,001 new homes in the West Bank, the silence from Washington echoed around the Middle East like a rifle shot.
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Yasser Arafat remained in a coma on  Friday as a row brewed over where he would be buried and  questions loomed about who might succeed him.
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PARIS - There are more conflicting reports today about the health of Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat. The Palestinian Foreign Minister says Arafat is not getting better, but his spokeswoman says his condition is not deteriorating.
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Apart from President Bush's reassurances of unwavering support for Palestinian statehood, there is little his administration is set to do in the short term to try to break the Middle East deadlock.
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat early Thursday morning reignited the debate over the future of Israel and the Palestinians worldwide, but even locally residents admitted an answer remains elusive.