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Biden implores Israel, Palestinians to make peace (AP)

March 11th, 2010

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden gestures after giving a speech at the Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday implored Israelis and Palestinians to move beyond a diplomatic spat that has marred his trip to the region, urging the sides…

Biden urges Israel to take risks for peace (AP)

March 9th, 2010

Vice President Joseph Biden, center, enters a car upon his arrival to Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 8, 2010.  Biden arrived to Israel Monday, the first leg of a five-day tour of the Middle East. Biden's trip is the highest-level visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories yet by an Obama administration official. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner, Pool)AP - Vice President Joseph Biden has told Israel that the U.S. is willing to stand by those who will “take risks for peace.”


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Afghan president to host April peace conference (AP)

March 8th, 2010

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, left,  walks with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai  during a press conference at The Presidential Palace in Kabul on  Monday March 8, 2010. (AP  Photo/Jim Watson/Pool)AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that an action plan to reintegrate low- to mid-level insurgent fighters into society and negotiate with the Taliban’s top echelon will be…