RAMALLAH, West Bank — Tony Blair couldn't ask for a better starting point as the new Middle East peace envoy.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday called for early elections that could freeze Hamas out of the political arena, thus deepening animosities with the Islamist militant group after its violent takeover of the Gaza Strip.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday called for early elections that could freeze Hamas out of the political arena, thus deepening animosities with the Islamist militant group after its violent takeover of the Gaza Strip.
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CAIRO — Hamas rejected President Bush"s proposal for a Mideast peace conference, denouncing it yesterday as nothing but lies, while Syria said it fears the offer is "just words."
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President Bush, seeking a new legacy as his second-term initiatives falter in Congress, yesterday announced that the United States, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, along with leaders from neighboring Arab states, will meet this fall to jump-start Mideast peace talks.
President Bush is set to renew his commitment to Mideast peace and announce new aid to help the embattled Palestinian Authority president create a viable state that can exist with Israel, administration officials said yesterday.
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