Japan hosts Mideast peace meeting to raise profile
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Japan on Wednesday kicked off four-way talks aimed at working toward peace in the Middle East, part of efforts to raise its political profile in the volatile region and ensure a stable energy supply.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet Thursday to try to resolve a dispute over Israeli building in east Jerusalem that is paralyzing efforts to renew peace negotiations, officials said.
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New Prime Minister Shinzo Abe used his first speech to parliament to call for a more assertive Japan and revisions to the pacifist constitution, while holding out an olive branch to Asian neighbors.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet on Tuesday to try to halt more than four years of bloodshed and take a new step toward ending decades of conflict in the Middle East.
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Japan hopes new pledges to rebuild Iraq will emerge as international donors meet in Tokyo from Wednesday, but it sees broader participation in stabilizing the war-torn country as even more important than fresh funds.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will have a summit meeting in Kagoshima, Japan, on Friday to discuss issues of mutual interest, Chong Wa Dae said Wednesday.
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The leaders of Japan and China agreed to a one-on-one meeting on the sidelines of a summit, overcoming a diplomatic impasse between the Asian powers that have been increasingly at odds.
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World leaders gathered in Egypt for an international conference on Iraq focused on another Mideast issue early Tuesday the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Top diplomats from Japan and China are   set to meet in Tokyo at the weekend amid speculation that   Shinzo Abe may hold a summit with Chinese President Hu Jintao   after he becomes Japan's next prime minister.
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SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt -- Arab and Israeli leaders held a high-profile summit Monday aimed at strengthening Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and containing the militant Hamas after its victory in Gaza by giving a push to the peace process.
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Hopes for renewed peacemaking, concern over Iran's nuclear ambitions and tension in Lebanon are to figure high on the agenda when Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert gets together for talks with German leaders ...Comment
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CAIRO, June 24 -- Israel and its Arab neighbors readied for a summit Monday to explore restarting  the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in an attempt to shore up the emergency government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders today and urged them to step up their efforts to find a lasting peace.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi heads to the Middle East this week to try to help calm the worst crisis in the region in months and urge Israeli and Palestinian leaders to return to negotiations.
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Japan and North Korea are scheduled to hold talks this week on Japanese citizens kidnaped by Pyongyang decades ago who remain missing.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell will meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders next week to discuss prospects for reviving the Middle East peace process.
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This week&#39;s talks between Japan and North Korea show that efforts to hold another round of six-party negotiations on the North&#39;s nuclear program are gathering pace, South Korea&#39;s foreign minister said on Wednesday.