Bush&#39;s Mideast involvement faces obstacles
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Peace plans bearing the name of US presidents or their secretaries of state litter the history books of the Middle East, most of them discarded as failures or nonstarters.
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Senior Palestinian officials aspiring to succeed Yasser Arafat might have thought that their main obstacle would be Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon or his closest ally, the United States.
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President Bush will huddle with top diplomats and military advisers Monday on the inaugural day of a Mideast truce, with a list of challenges spreading far beyond the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.
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President Bush faces a daunting array of challenges -- complicated by Asia's tsunami disaster -- that will be pivotal in determining how much momentum he can generate for the intensely ambitious agenda of his second term.
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With America&#39;s hawkish President George W. Bush headed for a likely second term in office, the US election produced mixed reactions and a dose of caution in the troubled Middle East on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Despite a flurry of hopeful signs in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the death of Yasser Arafat, the Bush administration is keeping a cautious distance from the emerging Palestinian leadership, saying that future political and economic support will depend on whether a new Palestinian president can rein in militant groups.
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President Bush opened his first presidential trip to Israel on Wednesday, seeking to build momentum for stalled Mideast peace talks
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As US President George Bush headed for a second term in office, the American election produced mixed reactions in the Middle East.
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The international problems facing President Bush look no less daunting in the rosy dawn of a new term. But if Iraq stabilizes enough to give the president breathing room, the
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Embarking on his first visit to Jerusalem as president, George W. Bush pressed Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday to seize what he called an historic opportunity and make tough concessions for peace.
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Support from Bush leads to role as international envoy helping Palestinians.
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President Bush travels to Europe and the Middle East on Monday to seek help with the two biggest problems dogging his presidency: the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Comment
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PALESTINIAN leaders stepping into the power vacuum left by the death of Yasser Arafat face one of the most daunting challenges in their people&#39;s troubled history.
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President Bush sees the world as a struggle between good and evil, but his push for democracy often collides with geopolitical reality.
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Israel&#39;s Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s recent decisions rather than advancing the peace process will probably contribute to stall it even further.
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The election of a new Palestinian leader on Sunday could prompt a surge of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East. And yet, President Bush has ruled out "shortcuts" to an accord with Israel.
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President Bush intends to use his first extended tour of the Middle East to rally support for international pressure against Iran, even as a recent U.S. intelligence report playing down Tehran's nuclear ambitions has left Israeli and Arab leaders rethinking their own approach toward Iran and...