US &#39;reassured&#39; over Gaza plan
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US officials say they have sought and received assurances over comments by an adviser to the Israeli prime minister about the Gaza disengagement plan.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The prime minister says he's been assured by President George W. Bush that the U.S. missile defence plan does not necessarily involve the weaponization of space.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 7  - The United States has asked Israel for further clarification of comments made by a top aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who said that the premier wants to sabotage the &quot;roadmap&quot; for peace, US officials said Thursday.
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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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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel still supports the US-backed road map peace plan. Sharon spoke after a senior advisor was quoted as saying that Sharon&#39;s
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Israel has responded coolly to reports of secret contacts with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana has revealed there has been some contacts, but he has
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The United States moved to reassure Pakistan over concerns about proposed legislation making military assistance to the Islamic republic dependent on its cooperation in the &quot;war on terror.&quot;
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President Bush approved yesterday $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&#39;s death.
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The United States denied it had held contacts with Hamas as a leader of the radical Palestinian group has claimed. &quot;We don&#39;t conduct business with designated terrorist organisations.
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Israel&#39;s plan to withdraw from occupied Gaza will prevent a Palestinian state emerging and freeze peacemaking, and all with Washington&#39;s approval, a key adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Wednesday.
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The United States onTuesday welcomed the approval by the Israeli parliament of a plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank, while tens of
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The State Department indicated Monday a new flexibility in interpreting President Bush&#39;s call two years ago for a freeze on Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories.
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US President George W. Bush waivered on Wednesday restrictions on providing funds to the Palestinian authority. The waivering of restrictions on providing funds to the Palestinian
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The official news agency of Egypt says leaders there have reached an understanding with Israel, the Palestinians, the United States and Europe.
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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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Israeli Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has lifted his threat to resign over plans to withdraw Jewish settlers from Gaza. Mr Netanyahu has been a fierce critic of the plan championed by Likud party rival Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
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Palestinian officials have called on the Bush administration to clarify its position on the expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank.