Some (very cautiously) positive news on the Middle East front...

Princess Turandot

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Sun Mar-07-10 03:29 PM
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Some (very cautiously) positive news on the Middle East front...

I didn't see this mentioned 'upstairs', so to speak, at least not on the first LBN page.

PLO approves talks with Israel as Mitchell meets Netanyahu
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2010/0307/PLO-approves-talks-with-Israel-as-Mitchell-meets-Netanyahu

The highest Palestinian political body authorized President Mahmoud Abbas to begin indirect peace talks with Israel for a four-month trial period, clearing the way for the first negotiations in more than a year ahead of Vice President Joseph Biden's arrival in the region later this week....

.....Renewing peace talks has been a key foreign policy goal of the Obama administration, though efforts became bogged down last year over a US demand to halt settlement expansion. Talks on a permanent peace deal � which focus on the status of Jerusalem, borders, and Palestinian refugees � were last held at the end of 2008 and were broken off.....

This follows the approval of the Arab League last week for the time-limited meetings:

A Skeptical Arab League Backs Indirect Peace Talks

...�The Arab foreign ministers are all not convinced with Netanyahu, but they decided to give Obama the chance,� Mr. Erekat said in a telephone interview after the meeting...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/04/world/middleeast/04arabs.html

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Cha

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Sun Mar-07-10 03:32 PM
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1. Thanks for this very encouraging

news, PT.

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treestar

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Sun Mar-07-10 03:37 PM
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2. Great

If the Irish can solve their problem, it's my position the I/P conflict can be resolved.

I've had it with both sides on that one.

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TicketyBoo

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Sun Mar-07-10 03:41 PM
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3. He's trying

to earn that Nobel Peace Prize.

Hope it works.

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Uzybone

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Sun Mar-07-10 04:42 PM
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4. thanks for posting...I almost don't want to hope too much

when it comes to the ME.

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Peacetrain

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Sun Mar-07-10 06:07 PM
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5. Every long journey has to start with that step out the front door..

Lets hope this is the step

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