Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas who's in Washington has urged the United States to put more impetus into a US-envisaged Israeli-Palestinian peace due by December.
Ahead of talks in the White House with President George W. Bush, Abbas complained that wide gaps remained five months after Bush hosted a summit with Israeli Prime Minister Abbas irked at slow Mideast progress ...
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Fierce Gaza clashes break out ... Ehud Olmert in Annapolis. Addressing Washington's Arabic community Abbas cited Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank. Israel accuses Abbas of failing to rein in the activities of militants, including Hamas cross-border rocket attacks. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the Palestinians and Israelis had made only halting progress.
(Deutsche Welle)
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