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Still aiming for 2008 peace deal, Rice heads to Israel, West Bank
By The Associated Press
Tags: Israel, Palestinians 

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to the Middle East on Sunday for peace talks with senior Israeli and Palestinian officials.

The U.S. State Department issued a statement Friday saying that Rice will be visiting the Middle East to discuss ongoing efforts to create positive and lasting peace in the region and progress toward the shared goal of a peace agreement in 2008.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert earlier this month told the Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas that he would free some of the 9,000 Palestinian prisoners currently held by Israel to help energize peace talks.
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The peace talks started with great fanfare at a U.S.-sponsored conference in Annapolis, Maryland last November.

Olmert and Abbas had hoped to reach peace agreement by the end of the year, though both sides have scaled back those expectations.


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      1.   Rice should stop crusading 03:42  |  Brod 23/08/08
      2.   A small boy, not a lady 05:27  |  Shimon Cleopas 23/08/08
      3.   i prefer pasta 06:21  |  paulo2005 23/08/08
      4.   Still aiming for `08 deal,Rice heads to Israel,W.B. 06:48  |  martin list, m.d. 23/08/08
      5.   Please... 07:24  |  Denise 23/08/08
      6.   FREE ALL OF THEM FIRST 08:11  |  indrajaya 23/08/08
      7.   Blackmail and Legitimacy. 08:27  |  Jean Van Daem 23/08/08
      8.   US, lay pride aside, honour Pan-Arab Saudi Peace Plan 08:35  |  Ivar 23/08/08
      9.   Brod - I agree, for totally opposite reasons 08:44  |  Palestinian Brit 23/08/08
      10.   peace 08:57  |  shimon 23/08/08
      11.   freeing prisoners...? 09:14  |  ravi 23/08/08
      12.   Rice`s legacy will be a more dangerous world 09:50  |  redmike 23/08/08
      13.   irresponsible solutions in the form of shelf agreements w/ ArabPa 15:56  |  Joseph.E 23/08/08
      14.   Nine thousand Palestinian prisoners to be freed? 16:37  |  Erasmus 23/08/08
      15.   Rice Give Up The Idea Of Peace You Need 2 Willing Partners 17:07  |  Dish It Out 23/08/08
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