Poverty, Mideast on tap for summit
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HAVANA -- Poverty, health care, and the Middle East top the agenda for a weeklong summit of the Nonaligned Movement that began yesterday and will culminate with the meeting of 50 heads of state, including anti-American leaders from Iran and Venezuela. Cuba takes over the chairmanship this week from Malaysia, and the communist government's foreign minister opened the event with ...
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to begin tackling the core issues of a final peace deal, as they prepared for President Bush's arrival in the region Wednesday
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International sponsors of a stalled Mideast peace plan agreed Saturday to channel aid to cash-starved Palestinians for health care, utilities and social services, while continuing a boycott of the militant-led Palestinian government.
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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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World leaders meeting in Egypt focused on Israel, the Palestinians and what is seen as a chance to jump start the stalled peace process today, with plans to shift the focus to another Mideast hotspot - Iraq â-ater in the day.
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Washington wants to bring Israeli, Palestinian, and other Arab leaders together for a mid-November peace summit.
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Israel&#39;s prime minster and the man expected to lead the Palestinians following the death of Yasser Arafat are willing to meet, they said at the weekend.
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More than 40 world leaders will gather at the United Nations (UN) in New York later tonight to discuss ways of alleviating hunger and poverty.
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They would represent the impoverished and underdeveloped of the world at a highly influential forum - the United Nations Security Council.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday a U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference this fall will confront "critical issues" in the Israel-Palestine conflict
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International donors to the Palestinian Authority will meet in Oslo next week amid concern that aspects of Israel&#39;s planned withdrawal from parts of the occupied territories may harm an already shattered economy.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead a summit of world leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly here Monday aimed at fighting hunger and poverty across the globe.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb. 18 -- As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attempts to jumpstart peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians at a summit meeting Monday, both Israelis and Palestinians appear determined to want exactly equal treatment.
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The Quartet of Mideast peacemakers meets Tuesday to assess the Israeli-Palestinian situation for the first time since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip, and U.S. officials said the group was expected to make Tony Blair its chief envoy.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday "critical issues" would be tackled at a U.S.-led peace conference and called on Israelis and Palestinians to do more to bridge their differences.
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All issues are on the table when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets Palestinian and Israeli leaders next week, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Leaders of Jewish, Christian and Muslim groups want to meet with President Bush to discuss a renewed role by the United States in Mideast peace initiatives.