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Rice: Israel, Palestinians need to show progress :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World
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RAMALLAH, West Bank The year-end goal for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is still achievable, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday, even as both sides questioned whether such a goal is realistic. (article 17)
That's the intended message of this week's international investors' conference where the Palestinians are seeking backing for nearly $2 billion in development projects, from fish farms to a new city of 25,000. (article 18)
" Too often in the Middle East, politics has consisted of one leader in power and the opposition in jail Bush said at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East. (article 3)
JERUSALEM In sweeping comments Monday before Israel's 60th anniversary, Israeli President Shimon Peres compared the Iranian nuclear threat to Hitler's Germany and said engaging Gaza's Hamas rulers would be like talking to a wall. (article 20)
Despite skepticism over his chances of securing a peace agreement by the end of his term in January, Bush expressed optimism that a deal could be done. (article 13)
Americans of Palestinian descent on Friday rallied near the United Nations to mark the 60th anniversary of the Nakba the Catastrophe, as the Palestinians refer to the events surrounding Israel's independence in 1948. (article 19)
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- Donors look to stimulate Palestinian economy despite siege (haaretz.com, 05/18/2008, 910 words)
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