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Bush Begins Mideast Peace Bid

First international peace gathering since 1991

By Peter Fearon, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 27, 2007 3:10 AM CST

(Newser) – President Bush plunged headlong into the Middle East peace process yesterday, meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as representatives of 49 countries gathered at Annapolis for talks, the New York Times reports. “The United States cannot impose our... Read full story »

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