Mid-East Quartet meet amid crisis
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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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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - The Middle East diplomatic quartet is to meet on the sidelines of the international conference on Iraq being held in Egypt, a Western diplomat said.
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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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More than 130 former world leaders, politicians and Nobel laureates call for urgent efforts to find Arab-Israeli peace.
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The two most powerful players in the violent confrontation over the capture of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants offered sharply differing visions Monday on how to resolve the crisis.
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Israelis and Palestinians are to discuss core issues in the conflict on Monday, the Palestinian leader says.
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The Quartet of Mideast peacemakers meets Tuesday to assess the Israeli-Palestinian situation for the first time since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip, and U.S. officials said the group was expected to make Tony Blair its chief envoy.
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Tony Blair said Tuesday he saw a &quot;sense of possibility&quot; in the Middle East, as he held talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders in his first visit to the region as Quartet envoy.
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Top Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, under U.S. pressure to start peace talks, met on Monday on a plan to begin tackling some of the thorniest issues after a month-long impasse over Jewish settlements.
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Leaders of the Middle East Quartet meet former British prime minister Tony Blair here Thursday, with the focus on his role as their new special envoy against a backdrop of a renewed US push for peace.
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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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Mideast diplomacy has taken off after the death of Yasser Arafat.
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The critical illness of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who was reported near death as this page went to press, is a pivotal event that could quickly lead to increased turmoil in the ever-troubled Middle East, but could offer hope for a long-term
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Foreign ministers from seven key Muslim states gathered in the Pakistani capital for talks on a new Islamic initiative to end the turmoil in the Middle East.
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The leaders of the Gush Katif communities have been invited to meet with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon tomorrow. As of now, the Katif leadership is debating whether or not to respond positively
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions began a second day of crisis talks in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, focusing on the platform of a unity government that would honor past agreements with Israel.
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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.