Mideast quartet meets, U.S. pushes its peace effort
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The quartet of Middle East peace brokers backed a U.S. push to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on Friday but voiced deep concern about violence among Palestinians that threatens to undermine the effort.
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The Bush administration signaled that it will use its remaining months to make a major push for peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
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US secretary of state Colin Powell is holding talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders today, in a bid to revive Middle East diplomacy after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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The Quartet of Middle East mediators meets in Jerusalem, for the first time since Hamas seized the Gaza Strip.
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The four envoys from what is known as the Quartet will try to remain unified on their attitude toward Hamas.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell convened Wednesday in New York with his counterparts from Russia, the European Union and the United Nations making up the informal Quartet on the Middle East.
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President George W. Bush must push for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace as part of a U.S. effort to defuse broader regional tensions, an elite panel on the Iraq war urged on Wednesday.
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US president to call for international peace conference including Israeli and Arab representatives.
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The death of Yasser Arafat has brought a flurry of diplomatic initiatives in the Middle East by Arab, Palestinian and Israeli leaders aiming to revive long-stalled peace negotiations on several fronts.
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Envoys from the Quartet of international powers trying to mediate peace in the Middle East will meet in Jerusalem on Tuesday, diplomats and Israeli officials said on Friday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Saturday he hoped to meet Palestinian leaders soon as part  of a harder U.S. push for peace in the region following the  death of President Yasser Arafat.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  began a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on  Sunday by pledging renewed U.S. commitment to Middle East  peacemaking, which enters a new chapter at a summit this week.
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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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Representatives of the Middle East Quartet were due to meet with the grouping&#39;s new envoy Tony Blair in London Tuesday, officials 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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The quartet of Middle East peace brokers backed a U.S. push to revive Israeli-Palestinian talks on Friday but voiced deep concern about violence among Palestinians that threatens to undermine the effort.
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Leaders of the Middle East Quartet meet their new special envoy Tony Blair in Lisbon Thursday, amid a renewed US push for peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.