Bush, Blair Back Palestinian Statehood
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President Bush, left, and Britain&#39;s Prime Minister Tony Blair walk through the Cross Hall to make a statement in the East Room of the White House Friday, Nov. 12, 2004 in Washington.
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President Bush is expected to give  an outline of his vision for a Middle East without Yasser  Arafat on Friday, with his most loyal ally Tony Blair by his  side.
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President George W. Bush on Friday promised to mobilise international efforts to create an independent, democratic and viable Palestinian state at peace with Israel in the wake of the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Mr. Bush told reporters Friday after meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair that he sees a âgreat chanceâ for creating a Palestinian state in the aftermath of the death of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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President Bush said the election of a new Palestinian Authority president Sunday is a key step toward the establishment of an independent and peaceful Palestinian state.
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WASHINGTON  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair sought consensus with U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday to make peace in the Middle East an urgent priority, exploring whether the death of Yasser Arafat offers new avenues for restarting Israeli-Palestinian talks.
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President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair say there is a new opportunity for peace in the Middle East, following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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President Bush on Friday set a  four-year goal of seeing a Palestinian state established and he  and British Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed to mobilize  international support to help make it happen now that Yasser  Arafat is dead.
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President Bush on Monday pledged help and support to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, as the United States prepared to lift economic and diplomatic sanctions against his government since it no longer includes the Islamic militant group Hamas.
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President Bush vowed on Friday to use the next four years to help establish a Palestinian state, and he and British Prime Minister Tony Blair said they
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WASHINGTON (CP) - President George W. Bush and his staunch Iraq ally, Britain's Tony Blair, presented a united front Friday on enlisting Europe's help for a new push to establish a peaceful Palestinian state.
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President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair committed themselves Friday to work toward a two-state solution as a way to create Middle East peace.
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The US and Israel pledge to  support the new Palestinian government, as the EU says it wants to resume direct aid.
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President Bush  approved Wednesday $20 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, as part of a broader White House strategy to pursue peace in the Middle East following Yasser Arafat's death.
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President Bush, reacting to disputed reports on Thursday that Palestinian Prime Minister Yasser Arafat was dead, said &quot;God bless his soul&quot; and promised to work toward a free Palestinian state.
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U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Tuesday pledged to bolster Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, as Israel tightened the diplomatic and economic embargo on Hamas Islamists who control Gaza.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank Yasser Arafat&#39;s coffin had barely touched the ground in Ramallah when George W. Bush and Tony Blair, seemingly jovial over Arafat&#39;s passing, offered yet another nonstarter for moving the Middle East from its never-ending peace process