Cold water poured on Egyptian claims of Mideast peace breakthrough
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JERUSALEM  - Israeli, Palestinian and US officials all poured cold water on claims from Egypt that a comprehensive peace plan for the Middle East was in the pipeline.
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International Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair held talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday on efforts to relaunch the peace process, the official MENA news agency reported.
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Amid preparations for Palestinian elections, and talk of Syrian willingness to resume unconditional peace negotiations with Israel, Cairo is again emerging as an obvious go-between for Middle East peace.
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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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Egypt called for a new Middle East peace push by the main world powers alongside a planned Iraq conference it is hosting later this month.
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JERUSALEM - A senior Israeli official confirmed yesterday that a series of steps to restart the peace process had been agreed by Israel, the Palestinians and Egypt.
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The Secretary of State believes in the Mideast peace process but the participants themselves appear to have little faith
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A report by the official Egyptian MENA news agency on Tuesday said that key players in the search for peace have reached understanding on a plan that could lead to a comprehensive settlement.
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Egypt is generating new hope for Mideast peace after four bleak years, transforming Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from pariah to peacemaker and seeking to draw Arab leaders and a wary public into its efforts.
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A new hole opens in the Arab-Israeli peace strategy of isolating Hamas.
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Faction voices concern as Islamists help Egyptian troops restore order and seal border at Rafah
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders said they will declare a formal end to more than four years of fighting during a summit Tuesday in this Egyptian resort &#151; a breakthrough in Mideast peacemaking that comes after both sides also accepted invitations to meet separately with President Bush at the White House.
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Egypt has reached an understanding with Israel, the Palestinians, the United States and Europe on a general framework for a comprehensive settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including a call for a truce between the two sides, the state news
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Some participants at the Arab-Israeli talks believe a strong resolve to seek an agreement has been established. Not so fast, say the pessimists
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on   Tuesday poured cold water on any hopes a new Palestinian unity   government might seek peace talks with Israel.
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The Gaza border crisis caused another sharp flap Thursday in Egyptian-Israeli relations, with Egypt angrily accusing Israel of trying to dump all responsibility for the troubled Gaza Strip in its lap.
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CAIRO, Egypt  - In a series of dramatic steps capped Sunday by a high-profile prisoner swap, Israel and Egypt are moving rapidly to improve relations, seizing the opportunity for a Middle East peace deal presented by Yasser Arafat's death.