U.S. Reaches Out to EU on Mideast Peace After Arafat
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The Bush administration is reaching  out to European allies for a possible new push for peace in the  Middle East if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is replaced by  more moderate leaders, U.S. and diplomatic sources said on  Monday.
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JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Colin Powell said he would press both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for steps to enable Palestinians to elect a successor to Yasser Arafat, as he arrived in Israel on Sunday.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said  on Saturday he hoped to meet Palestinian leaders soon as part  of a harder U.S. push for peace in the region following the  death of President Yasser Arafat.
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a month ago appears to have created a new atmosphere for possible renewal of peace efforts in the Middle East.
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Arafat&#39;s death raises hopes for a new push for peace. But much depends on who takes charge and how the US responds. Just a few months after Israeli and Palestinian leaders signed the Oslo peace accord in 1993
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LONDON - French President Jacques Chirac called Thursday for the United States and Europe to &quot;rally together&quot; to revive the Middle East peace process, declaring the matter urgent following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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The U.S. decision to end an economic and political embargo on the Palestinians increased pressure for a reciprocal move from Israel as the Bush administration hoped to improve the chances for peace.
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The United States, European states and Israel are considering rapidly easing sanctions in the occupied West Bank to try to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Western and Israeli officials said on Friday.
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The foreign ministers of France, Italy, Spain and seven other European states called on Monday for an international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and said Israel should make more concessions for peace.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Saturday he hoped to meet Palestinian leaders soon as part of a harder U.S. push for peace in the region following the death of President Yasser Arafat.
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The European Union should welcome the setting up of a new Palestinian government of national unity as an opportunity to renew the Middle East peace process, the EU's Finnish presidency has said.
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WASHINGTON  - British Prime Minister Tony Blair sought consensus with U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday to make peace in the Middle East an urgent priority, exploring whether the death of Yasser Arafat offers new avenues for restarting Israeli-Palestinian talks.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell says there is a new opportunity for peace, following Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, but says Palestinians and Israelis must follow the &quot;road map.
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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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The United States signaled on Sunday it would invite Syria and other Arab states to a Middle East peace conference but suggested they must renounce violence and genuinely seek an end to the conflict.
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European Union leaders on Friday expressed solidarity with the Palestinians and pledged to re-launch Mideast peace efforts, as Yasser Arafat clings to life in a Paris hospital.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell embarked Sunday on a mission to revive the Middle East peace process after Yasser Arafat's death, saying he will ask Israel to help with the upcoming Palestinian election to pick a successor.