US President George W.
Bush has arrived in the Red Sea resort for talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Their talks are expected to focus on the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip and the Middle East peace process. On Friday, Bush failed to convince Saudi Arabia to increase oil production. This is the second time this year that Saudi officials have rebuffed Palestinian president in US for talks with Bush ...
Israeli army kills three Palestinian militants ...
Gaza violence leaves at least eight Hamas militants dead ...
No Arab consensus on Lebanon ...
Migrants killed on Egypt's border ...
Bush speech hails Iraq 'victory' ... an appeal from Bush to step up production in an effort to bring down global oil prices. However, following a meeting between Bush and Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh, Saudi officials said that they had recently increased oil production by 300,000 barrels per day. Meanwhile, the price of a barrel of oil has hit a new record high of more than US $127.
(Deutsche Welle)
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