Bush trip aims to push Mideast peace
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President George W. Bush heads for the Middle East on Tuesday, aiming to nurture Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the face of deep skepticism while trying to rally Arab opposition to Iran.
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George W. Bush on Wednesday began his first visit as U.S. president to Israel and the Palestinian territories, saying he saw a new opportunity for peace and that both sides were ready to make tough concessions.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  began a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on  Sunday by pledging renewed U.S. commitment to Middle East  peacemaking, which enters a new chapter at a summit this week.
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President George W. Bush held talks  with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Middle East envoy  Tony Blair on Monday seeking to build momentum for a  Israeli-Palestinian peace conference.
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President Bush announced today that he will sponsor a new international conference this fall aimed at reviving moribund Middle East peace talks and paving the way toward a final settlement that would see a new Palestinian state existing side by side with Israel.
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US President George Bush is set to continue his tour of the Middle East, flying to Saudi Arabia from the UAE.
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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.
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George W. Bush will make his first trip as U.S. president to Israel and the West Bank next month to try to shore up fragile peace efforts despite doubts about chances of a deal before he leaves office in 13 months.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell, facing his last weeks on the job, will travel to Israel and the West Bank to try to accelerate prospects for peacemaking, the State Department announced Tuesday.
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US President Bush says he is ready to pressure Middle East peace negotiators, as he makes his first visit to Israel.
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President George W. Bush on Monday called for a Middle East peace conference later this year and pledged $190 million in new aid to the government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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President Bush heads to Israel and the West Bank this week, hoping his first visit as U.S. leader will open the throttle on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.
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MOUNT OF BEATITUDES, Israel  - Sending a symbolic message to Israeli and Palestinian leaders, U.S. President George W. Bush visited on Friday the site where Jesus is believed to have intoned "blessed are the peacemakers".
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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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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday he would ask U.S. President George W. Bush, who visits the Middle East this week, to curb Israel's West Bank settlements for the sake of peace.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hopes to drive the Israelis and Palestinians closer to peace in Jerusalem on Sunday on her first visit as secretary of state to the heart of their conflict.
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US President George Bush will make a historic visit to Israel and the West Bank in January, the White House says.