Britain, Germany reject immediate Mideast ceasefire
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Britain and Germany, backed by The Netherlands, have rejected a draft EU declaration calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Middle East.
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Germany and France backed away from their call to set a firm deadline for Turkey over its troubled EU candidacy as they warned Syria not to destabilise Lebanon.
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Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejects calls to consider a truce with Hamas unless it recognises Israel and renounces violence.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair rejected Monday calls for a referendum on a new EU treaty agreed last week, saying it did not go as far as the bloc&#39;s doomed constitution which it replaced.
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Israel dismisses reports from Egypt that a peace plan has been agreed with the Palestinians as premature.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s Mideast peace push suffered a setback on the eve of his visit when Israel said it would not attend the Mideast conference he&#39;s proposing
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The Palestinian Authority on Friday  rejected Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new and  seemingly softer terms for restarting peace talks, saying he  should drop all conditions for dialogue.
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Israel rejected mounting international   pressure on Monday to end its 20-day-old war against Hizbollah   guerrillas and the United Nations indefinitely postponed a   meeting on a new peacekeeping force for Lebanon.
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US President George W. Bush has rebuffed some key policy recommendations by the Iraq Study Group, but announced a new push for talks with Israel and the Palestinians after a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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Israel will not attend an international conference Britain is planning to host, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday. Last week, press reports indicated that Tel Aviv was ready to participate in the summit.
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Britain refused to point the finger at Syria for the death of Lebanese minister Pierre Gemayel, amid Tony Blair's efforts to involve Damascus in bringing peace to the wider Middle East.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The Palestinian Authority  on Friday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new  and seemingly softer terms for restarting peace talks, saying  he should drop all conditions for dialogue.
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Germany said Wednesday it could not rule  out sending troops to Iraq, dropping its firm refusal to  consider any deployment to the country whose invasion last year  it staunchly opposed.
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TONY Blair was yesterday forced to tone down his plans for an international Middle East peace summit in London, after Israel and the United States warned him not to &quot;interfere&quot;.
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US President George W. Bush rebuffed key recommendations from the Iraq Study Group but announced a new Middle East peace push after talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon presented a united front in Jerusalem this week, insisting both parties had agreed there was no need
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Israel rejected a call from U.N.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday to lift its air and   sea blockade of Lebanon, saying it would only end the   7-week-old siege once all elements of a ceasefire were in   place.