AFP/File - US President George W. Bush will host Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday, likely their final talks weeks before both leaders leave office without achieving a Middle East peace deal.

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AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took his case for a peace deal directly to ordinary Israelis Thursday, assuring them in Hebrew-language newspaper ads that a withdrawal from the West Bank, Gaza and parts of Jerusalem would bring them full recognition by the Arab world.

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AP - When OPEC announced late last month it was cutting crude oil output by 1.5 million barrels per day, the market barely hiccuped.

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AFP - The army is pressing officials in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp to hand over Islamist suspects wanted in a spate of deadly attacks against its soldiers, a spokesman said on Thursday.

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AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took his case for a peace deal directly to ordinary Israelis Thursday, assuring them in Hebrew-language newspaper ads that a withdrawal from the West Bank, Gaza and parts of Jerusalem would bring them full recognition by the Arab world.

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AFP - Jordan’s King Abdullah II held talks on Thursday with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas two days after Israeli leaders made a clandestine visit to the kingdom, a senior Jordanian official said.

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AFP - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni demanded in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday that the world stop ignoring attacks on Israel by Gaza militants.

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AFP - President George W. Bush will host Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at the White House Monday for talks on the Israeli-Palestinian situation and regional issues, White House press secretary Dana Perino said Thursday.

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Reuters - President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts that the U.S. leader had once hoped would produce an agreement before he left office.

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AFP - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Thursday demanded in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that the world stop ignoring attacks on Israel by Gaza militants.

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