Mideast awaits Powell visit
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Israel has said it would consider any formal request to pull troops away from West Bank cities to facilitate a Palestinian presidential election, ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell  launched a new Middle East peace drive on Sunday by saying he  would press both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for steps to  help Palestinians elect a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell is  expected to visit the West Bank for talks next week, a  Palestinian official said, in what could signal a revival of  Middle East peace efforts prompted by Yasser Arafat's death.
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The US secretary of state is due to meet Palestinian and Israeli leaders as part of a new diplomatic effort.
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President Bush is sending his national security adviser to the Middle East next week and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will make a return visit soon afterward to keep up pressure on Israeli and the Palestinians to start peace negotiations.
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Israel said ahead of a visit by  Secretary of State Colin Powell Sunday that it would consider  any formal request to pull troops away from West Bank cities to  facilitate a Palestinian presidential election.
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The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, plans to meet moderate Palestinian leaders later this month in an early indication of America&#39;s readiness to become involved in a Middle East peace process.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, arriving in Israel for his first visit in a year and a half, said he would work with Palestinian leaders to come up with an American
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Secretary of state to convince Palestinian leaders about US-backed Middle East peace conference.
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Colin Powell, the outgoing US secretary of state, was due to arrive in Jerusalem last night at the start of a concerted international effort to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived Sunday night in Israel to meet Monday with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom in Jerusalem.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell was to focus on the Middle East in his farewell talks with the presidency of the European Union on Friday.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has announced his resignation, will go to Israel and the Palestinian territories next week, a senior State Department official said.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell arrived Jerusalem for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders about steps to facilitate the Palestinian political transition after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has launched a new Middle East peace drive by saying he will press both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for steps to help Palestinians elect a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives in Israel Sunday for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on how to revive the long-stalled road map peace plan.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell is scheduled to arrive here Monday for a summit he hopes will spur more international support for the interim Iraqi government and elections planned for Jan. 30.