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Syria plays down Israel peace overture (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:27:24 GMT

Syria distanced itself on Saturday from comments by a Syrian-American businessman who recently told Israeli lawmakers that President Bashar Assad was ready to make peace with the Jewish state.


Syria Plays Down Israel Peace Overture (ABC News)
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Sun, 15 Apr 2007 03:43:17 GMT

Syria Distances Itself From Businessman Who Told Israelis Assad Ready for Peace


Cheney chastises Dem's trip to Syria (USA Today)
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Sat, 14 Apr 2007 12:32:36 GMT

Vice President Dick Cheney delivered a scathing report card Friday on the Democratic-controlled Congress that marks its 100-day milestone this weekend, rebuking its leadership for trying to usurp foreign policy and military operations.


Huckabee: Engage Iran and Syria in talks (The Des Moines Register)
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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:40:11 GMT

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said in Iowa today the United States must be willing to talk directly with Iran and Syria in order to...


Syria, Israel rebuff unofficial envoy (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:51:31 GMT

A Syrian-American businessman making an extraordinary appearance before an Israeli parliamentary panel said Syria and Israel ignored his efforts to turn informal talks into official negotiations on ending their conflict, Israeli lawmakers said Thursday.


Syria-Israel peace possible within six months: negotiator (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:52:28 GMT

Syria and Israel could clinch a peace deal in six months, a Syrian-American businessman at the heart of secret unofficial peace talks said on Thursday after appearing before a top parliamentary panel.


Fatfat challenges Nasrallah to cut ties with Syria (The Daily Star Lebannon)
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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:58:38 GMT

The ongoing war of words between government supporters and the opposition showed no signs of abating on Friday as Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Fatfat challenged Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to explain his group's ties with Syria, a regime that Fatfat said "holds negotiations with Israel at Lebanon and Hizbullah's expense."


Damascus denies secret Israel peace talks (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:21:27 GMT

Syria on Saturday rejected statements by a Syrian-American businessman who said that he had been at the heart of unofficial peace talks with Israel, the official SANA agency quoted a foreign ministry official as saying.


Syria, Sri Lanka withdraw from Fed Cup after terror threat (Sports Illustrated)
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Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:55:07 GMT

Syria and Sri Lanka have withdrawn from the Fed Cup Asia Oceania zone women's tennis tournament, starting in Christchurch on Monday, after a terror threat was phoned to the International Tennis Federation's London headquarters.


Iraqi refugees overwhelm Syria's mental health system (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:50:41 GMT

Omar Mohammad is busy watching Ali, his mentally retarded 4-year-old brother, weave between dozens of other Iraqi refugees at a crowded Red Crescent clinic outside Damascus. At first glance, Omar seems like any other curious 10-year-old, but his dark...