Key parties reaffirm Mideast commitment
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The architects of the Middle East "road map" reaffirmed their commitment to the stalled peace plan ahead of a Security Council ministerial meeting Thursday where Arab nations hope to revive efforts to end the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Egypt, Israel, the Palestinians, the United States and the European Union have reached an initial understanding on a comprehensive settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict, Egypt&#39;s official MENA news agency reported Tuesday.
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BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- Israel and Palestine have reached a consensus on a coordination mechanism for a January 9 Palestinian presidential election.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday welcomed a proposed Palestinian coalition &#151; but firmly underlined in talks with President Mahmoud Abbas the European Union stance that any new government must recognize Israel.
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Israel&#39;s two leading rival political parties worked Saturday toward finalizing details for a new coalition government that would empower Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to pursue
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's foreign minister embraced yesterday the US-backed ''road map&quot; leading to a Palestinian state and conditionally warmed up to Syrian peace overtures, more signs of movement toward Mideast peace in the post-Yasser Arafat era.
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Israel's ruling Likud and opposition  Labour parties plan to seal a deal on Saturday to forge a unity  coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon's Gaza pullout plan, party officials said.
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The Quartet of Middle East peace   mediators were prepared to endorse Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas' effort to form a national unity government on   Wednesday although its platform is still unclear, diplomats   said.
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The U.S. is trying to jump-start Middle East peace talks. But an accord between Palestinian factions got in the way. A key member of Congress discusses how the deal has affected U.S. funding for Fatah.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed on Friday to begin taking reciprocal steps under a long-stalled peace plan to try to narrow gaps ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to begin tackling the core issues of a final peace deal, as they prepared for President Bush's arrival in the region Wednesday
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The United States and Britain signalled a new bid to break the Israeli-Palestinian deadlock, a day after a high-level US panel said wider Middle East peace was key to saving Iraq.
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Votes this month could mark advances in the Middle East, but history shows that democracy requires time, commitment.
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The recent rhetoric from the Middle East - hopeful and constructive from both sides of the divide - provides a glimmer of hope that Palestinians and Israelis may agree on new and peaceful borders in the coming new year.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice joined British and German allies pledging Friday to help Israel and the Palestinians seize an opening for peace in the Middle East. They also said diplomacy can neutralize a nuclear threat in Iran.
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JERUSALEM -- Embattled leaders Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat rebuffed demands from their backers yesterday, holding steadfast to positions posing great political risk: Sharon insisted he will press on with efforts to pull out of Gaza despite a stinging rebuke from his party, while Arafat refused to sign reform legislation.
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in  principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt's  official news agency MENA said Tuesday.