U.S. seeks quartet help to revive Arab-Israeli talks
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The United States will seek on Friday to get the quartet of Middle East peace brokers to find new ways to revive the stagnant Israeli-Palestinian peace process while continuing to isolate the Hamas-led government.
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The US secretary of state is to visit the Middle East to try to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace moves.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 7  - The United States has asked Israel for further clarification of comments made by a top aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who said that the premier wants to sabotage the &quot;roadmap&quot; for peace, US officials said Thursday.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan  Shalom called on Wednesday for a Middle East summit with a U.S.  and European role to boost new reform-minded Palestinian  leaders and foster peace moves taking in Arab states as well.
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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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Israel wants to reopen a serious dialogue with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and work with him to establish a Palestinian state, Israel's foreign minister said Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and some US allies agreed yesterday to try to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, but clashed over how to handle the Palestinian militant group Hamas and one of its key backers, Syria.
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More than 130 former world leaders, politicians and Nobel laureates call for urgent efforts to find Arab-Israeli peace.
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Top Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, under U.S. pressure to start peace talks, met on Monday on a plan to begin tackling some of the thorniest issues after a month-long impasse over Jewish settlements.
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The leaders of Egypt and Syria met on ways to bring Damascus and Israel back to the negotiating table four years after talks broke off in acrimony over the fate of the strategic Golan Heights.
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Leaders of the Middle East Quartet meet former prime minister Tony Blair here Thursday, with the focus on his role as their new special envoy against a backdrop of a renewed US push for peace.
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WASHINGTON, Jun 20 (IPS) - Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush has  asked outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair to act as the  Quartet's special envoy for Middle East peace are adding to  speculation that Washington plans to intensify peace efforts  between Israel and the Palestinians, despite last week's  takeover of Gaza by Hamas.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Members of the Quartet  of Middle East peace mediators urged Israel Tuesday to ease  restrictions on Palestinians ahead of January elections to  choose a successor to late President Yasser Arafat.
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An American-sponsored meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders ended Monday with little more than a promise to meet again.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell embarked Sunday on a mission to revive the Middle East peace process after Yasser Arafat's death, saying he will ask Israel to help with the upcoming Palestinian election to pick a successor.
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There is "a real opportunity" for Syria and Israel to resume peace talks with help from the United States, Sen. Arlen Specter said Saturday after arriving for a two-day visit.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators meets in Jerusalem, for the first time since Hamas seized the Gaza Strip.