Bush Backs Palestinian Conference But No Shortcuts
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President Bush on Monday set aside initial reservations and backed British plans for a Middle East conference but he said upcoming Palestinian elections were just the start of a process that should not be cut short.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured Palestinians on Thursday that Washington intended a Middle East peace conference to put them firmly on the road towards statehood but gave no specifics.
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President Bush will meet separately with newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and says "people are becoming more trustworthy" in striving for peace in the Middle East.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed on Tuesday, on the eve of a visit by President George W. Bush, to get peace talks moving despite major differences over Jewish settlement construction near Jerusalem.
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U.S. President George W. Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday they continue to share a vision of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict despite Hamas's control of Gaza.
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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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The White House said Tuesday the international meeting on the Middle East proposed by President Bush should not be viewed as "a big peace conference" and it's too early to say where or when it will be.
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President Bush emphasized Middle East peace in a meeting Saturday with Pakistan&#39;s president and praised his ally&#39;s efforts in the war on terrorism and the search for Osama bin Laden.
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President Bush said Monday he would welcome newly elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House, extending an invitation he refused to offer to the late Yasser Arafat.
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U.S. President George W. Bush wrapped up his mission to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Friday, emboldened enough to have predicted a peace treaty within a year but with no major breakthroughs for his efforts.
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President Bush on Monday promised  newly elected Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas direct talks  and proposed a White House meeting after years of shunning  Yasser Arafat, and urged Abbas to quickly bolster Palestinian  security forces to take on militants.
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President George W. Bush held talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Middle East envoy Tony Blair on Monday seeking to build momentum for a Israeli-Palestinian peace conference.
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George Bush embarks on round of talks to push attendance at Middle East peace conference.
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Israel does not oppose Syria and other Arab states attending an international conference on Palestinian statehood provided they support the U.S.-led peace process, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 19--Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday hosted a meeting here of the Israeli and Palestinian leaders that resulted in no apparent breakthroughs but signified a deepening commitment by the Bush administration to help resolve the conflict.
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Tony Blair secured unequivocal endorsements from the Palestinian leadership and Israel yesterday for a US-backed conference that is designed to ensure the Palestinians enforce
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President George W. Bush told Palestinians on Thursday he believed they would sign a peace treaty with Israel within a year that would give them their own state.