Mideast summit sees little progress
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JERUSALEM -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hosted an Israeli-Palestinian summit here yesterday, but the session produced little beyond promises to uphold past agreements and meet again soon.
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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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The Mideast peace process was taking the spotlight at the United Nations on Wednesday, with ministers from the Quartet that drafted the stalled "road map" peace plan &#151; the United States, the U.N., the European Union and Russia &#151; planning to meet.
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The world&#39;s major powers wrung their hands discreetly on Wednesday at the lack of progress toward peace in the Middle East, chiding Israel and the Palestinians in equal measure but offering no new ideas.
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BEN-GURION AIRPORT, Israel  - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood would not yield a "historic breakthrough."
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet for another session of peace negotiations in Jerusalem on Tuesday but conflicting statements by both parties have clouded the state of progress in the talks.
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Israel is reluctant to remove roadblocks and other West Bank restrictions to boost Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's new government until he does more to curb militants, officials said ahead of a summit on Monday.
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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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The European Union said the planned summit between Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Egypt would improve the chances for progress in the Middle East peace process.
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JERUSALEM -- The most intense week of Middle East diplomacy in a year -- including high-profile pressure from Washington on the Israelis as well as Palestinians -- has produced a long-awaited cease-fire but failed to spur any concrete moves toward a long-term peace process.
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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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Diplomatic efforts to reach quick agreement on a U.N. resolution aimed at ending the escalating Israeli-Hezbollah conflict faltered Wednesday over differences between the United States and France on the timing of an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
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Israeli officials hope to reach agreement with the Palestinians on a âdeclaration of principlesâ for peace by the end of the year, but not on a detailed peace treaty.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday that an upcoming Mideast peace conference would not result in a final deal with the Palestinians and may not take place at all. His government moved closer to a punishing regime of power cuts to the Gaza Strip in retaliation for rocket attacks.
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Egypt&#39;s official news agency said Tuesday significant progress had been made in international efforts to end Israeli-Palestinian violence, but both sides to the conflict termed talk of a deal premature.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday canceled a planned summit meeting this week with Ehud Olmert, saying the Israeli leader has failed to accept any of his suggestions for reducing tensions, such as renewing a cease-fire and releasing frozen tax revenue .
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After the leadersâ second meeting in a month, aides said that there was little concrete progress to report.