Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has arrived in Washington for talks with US President George W.
Bush. Abbas was also due to meet with visiting King Abdullah II of Jordan on Wednesday, followed by talks with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Bush was to host Abbas on Thursday after the Palestinian leader meets with US lawmakers. Abbas also confirmed he would again meet Bush at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on May 17. Meanwhile the radical Islamist organisation Hamas has said it wants to make a decision by Thursday whether it want to negotiate a At least 39 die in bus crash in India ...
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Frenchman jailed for Jordan slurs ... ceasefire with Israel. This is considered vital to progress being achieved in the Middle East peace process.
(Deutsche Welle)
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