Nablus tests Mideast peace efforts
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Local Hamas activists have pledged to obey the law, Mideast envoy Tony Blair has taken a stroll through once gunman-infested neighborhoods and policemen are now the only ones carrying weapons in public in this former militant hub.
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President Bush expressed hopes for peace at the start of a regional tour intended to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Talk about the Middle East is upbeat these days in Washington, Europe, and Jerusalem, as presidents, prime ministers, and diplomats express enthusiasm about new opportunities for peace created by the death of longtime Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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CHARLOTTE, NC -- A leader for an initiative to bring peace in the Middle East visited Charlotte Friday -- the same day Yasser Arafat was buried.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair launched his quest to bring peace to the Middle East, unveiling plans for a conference to prepare the Palestinians for statehood, during a landmark West Bank visit.
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In the afterglow of a high-profile peace conference, Israeli and Palestinian leaders will try in the coming year to resolve issues that have defied solutions for decades.
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With Iraq near all-out civil war, the Bush administration is renewing efforts to break the cycle of violence there by enlisting the help of moderate Arab nations while also seeking to tackle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday a U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference this fall will confront "critical issues" in the Israel-Palestine conflict
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A Mideast peace conference called for by President Bush will be held in September on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, Egypt's foreign minister said Thursday.
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Prominent Palestinian figures have appealed for an end to violence, adding weight to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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The European Union on Monday opens two days of talks with Israel and its Arab neighbors to take stock of fresh chances for Mideast peace less than three weeks after the death of Palestinian leader Yasser ...
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A new cease-fire and a strikingly conciliatory speech by Israel's prime minister are raising hopes for progress in Mideast peacemaking.
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Sponsors of an internationally backed Middle East peace plan will send their foreign ministers to the region next week in hopes of restarting peace talks in the wake of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Thursday.
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Israeli soldiers patrol as Palestinian presidential candidate Bassam Salhi, center, from the People&#39;s Party tours the center of the West Bank city of Hebron, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004.
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NABLUS, West Bank  - Unknown assailants threw fire   bombs on Saturday at two churches in the West Bank city of   Nablus, following a day of Palestinian protests against   comments Pope Benedict made about Islam. No one was hurt.
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Israel's U.N. ambassador said he doubted a new Arab League initiative to end the Arab-Israeli conflict would fairly consider Israel's security needs, insisting the "road map" for peace unveiled in 2003 remained the only viable option.
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The top U.N. envoy in the Middle East said Monday there is a new opportunity for peace, citing recent statements from the Israeli and Palestinian leadership as well as President Bush.