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Israel and Palestinians agree to launch peace talks (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:38:36 GMT
With a handshake, leaders of the United States, Israel and the Palestinians agreed on Tuesday to immediately launch peace talks with the goal of reaching a final accord by the end of 2008.

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Israel and Palestinians vow to seek peace deal by end 2008 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:17:19 GMT
Israel and the Palestinians opened a major international conference here Tuesday with a pledge to immediately resume talks frozen for seven years and seek a peace deal by the end of 2008.

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Israel's credit rating lifted by S&P; outlook is deemed positive (Market Watch)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:48:36 GMT
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Standard & Poor's on Tuesday raised Israel's credit ratings and pegged the country's long-term currency outlook as positive.

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Iran Builds Missile With Range to Reach Israel, U.S. Forces (Bloomberg.com)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:12:41 GMT
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Iran said it constructed a missile capable of traveling 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles), a range that takes in Israel's major cities and U.S. bases in the Middle East.

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Bush: Israel, Palestinians OK path (MSNBC)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:11:33 GMT
President Bush on Tuesday announced that the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority had agreed to immediate negotiations designed to reach a peace agreement before the end of 2008.

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Points of contention for Israel, Palestinians (Los Angeles Times)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:14:00 GMT
Peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians will center on these core issues:

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Israel, Palestinians To Resume Statehood Talks (NPR)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:27:31 GMT
Representatives from Israel and the Palestinian Authority reach agreement on a joint document to begin new negotiations on an independent Palestinian state.

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Seinfeld’s trip to Israel generates big buzz (MSNBC)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:32:52 GMT
Jerry Seinfeld’s trip to the Holy Land got so much hype it rivaled news of key upcoming Mideast talks. The Jewish comic visited Israel for the first time in decades to promote his new animated movie about bees.

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Seinfeld buzzes through Israel (USA Today)
read story   Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:04:46 GMT
Jerry Seinfeld's trip to the Holy Land got so much hype it rivaled news of key upcoming Mideast talks. The Jewish comic visited Israel for the first time in decades to promote his new animated movie about bees, and he was treated like royalty literally.

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Israel President: Arab Nations At US Peace Mtg Because Of Iran AFP (Nasdaq)
read story   Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:57:05 GMT
JERUSALEM (AFP)--Arab nations are participating in a key U.S. peace conference alongside Israel because of the threat Iran poses to the Middle East, Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday.