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Palestinian leader says no quick decision on talks (AP)

September 27th, 2010

A bulldozer works in a construction site in the Jewish settlement of Adam outside Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. With a midnight deadline looming, Israel's prime minister on Sunday called on West Bank settlers to 'show restraint' after the end of a government-ordered construction slowdown, attempting to lower tensions with the Palestinians and prevent a breakdown in newly relaunched Mideast talks. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - The Palestinian president says there will be no “quick decision” on whether to pull out of Mideast peace talks now that an Israeli moratorium on West Bank settlement…

Palestinians threaten again to quit peace talks (AP)

September 27th, 2010

A bulldozer works in a construction site in the Jewish settlement of Adam outside Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. With a midnight deadline looming, Israel's prime minister on Sunday called on West Bank settlers to 'show restraint' after the end of a government-ordered construction slowdown, attempting to lower tensions with the Palestinians and prevent a breakdown in newly relaunched Mideast talks. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - A senior Palestinian official says President Mahmoud Abbas will quit Mideast peace talks if Israel resumes construction in West Bank settlements now that 10-month-old building restrictions have expired.


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Peace talks in jeopardy, Clinton and Abbas meet (AP)

September 24th, 2010

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton greets Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos as she arrives for a luncheon hosted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the United Nations, Thursday, Sept.  23, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spent nearly a half-hour Friday meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as the Obama administration tried to prevent Israeli-Palestinian peace talks from…

2 Koreas hold talks on split families’ reunions (AP)

September 24th, 2010

A bus carrying South Korean Red Cross chief delegate Kim Eyi-do and other officials waits to head to the North Korean city of Kaesong as South Korean soldiers and a United Nation Command soldier, right, stand guard at at the customs, immigration and quarantine office for North Korea, near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. Red Cross officials crossed into North Korea on Friday to discuss Pyongyang's proposal to resume the reunions of families separated by the Korean War in the latest sign of easing tensions on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - Red Cross officials from the two Koreas discussed holding another round of reunions for families separated by war more than a half-century ago, South Korea’s Unification Ministry said…

Could Israelis in Occupied West Bank Derail Peace Talks? (Time.com)

September 22nd, 2010

Time.com - Negotiations over their fate come and go, but those Israelis who’ve made their homes in occupied territory see themselves as intractable facts on the ground

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China-Japan spat could derail gas drilling talks (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

Taiwanese veteran soldiers and anti-Japan protesters hold banners reading: 'National Crisis,' top, and 'Protect Diaoyu Islands' during a demonstration in Hong Kong Tuesday, Sept.21, 2010. Japan warned Tuesday against fanning 'extreme nationalism' in a diplomatic standoff with China over the detention of a Chinese fishing captain after his boat collided with Japanese vessels near disputed islands. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - Should the escalating spat between Japan and China over disputed islands evolve into a full-blown diplomatic battle, the economic fallout could include derailing delicate talks over developing potentially…

Amid peace talks, Gaza shells and Israel air raids (AP)

September 15th, 2010

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reaches to greet Israeli President Shimon Peres, as she arrives at the Beit Hanassi presidential residence in Jerusalem, Israel Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Clinton is in the region for Mideast peace talks.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)AP - Militants launched mortar shells into Israel and Israeli jets bombed targets in Gaza on Wednesday, just as Israeli and Palestinian leaders held peace talks in Jerusalem with U.S.…

Israel bombs Gaza as Mideast peace talks resume (AP)

September 15th, 2010

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton reaches to greet Israeli President Shimon Peres, as she arrives at the Beit Hanassi presidential residence in Jerusalem, Israel Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Clinton is in the region for Mideast peace talks.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)AP - Militants launched mortar shells into Israel and Israeli jets bombed targets in Gaza on Wednesday, just as Israeli and Palestinian leaders held peace talks in Jerusalem with U.S.…

Carter hopes prisoner release helps peace talks (AP)

September 14th, 2010

Former President Jimmy Carter speaks at The Carter Center Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010 in Atlanta. Carter discussed his recent trip to North Korea where he secured the release of American prisoner Aijalon Gomes. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)AP - Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that he hoped the release of an American prisoner to him in August would jump-start six-nation talks that could lead to a…

Clinton meets with Netanyahu, Abbas to start talks (AP)

September 14th, 2010

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Tuesday, Sept.14, 2010, as Egypt hosts the second round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - Convening a new round of negotiations Tuesday between Israel and the Palestinians, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the “time is ripe” for a Mideast peace…