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Olmert, Abbas to Meet to Salvage Talks

Contested settlement threatens to undo Annapolis process

By Jason Farago, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 26, 2007 9:30 AM CST

(Newser) – Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas will meet tomorrow in hopes of resolving the settlement crisis that is threatening to derail the Annapolis peace process. Haaretz reports that the Israeli PM and the Palestinian leader will discuss a contested tender by the Israeli housing ministry for... Read full story »

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