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By Paula Wolfson White House 27 November 2007 President Bush is striking an optimistic tone as delegates to a U.S.-led Mideast Conference prepare to get down to business in Annapolis, Maryland. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports on the eve of the conference
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she will explore every possibility in her quest for a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians before the end of this year. Secretary Rice made the remarks before a conference on Palestinian business
By Stephanie Ho Washington 18 July 2006 View Bush Mideast comments (Real) - Download 10mb Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says any resolution of the latest crisis in the Middle East cannot be reached hastily, and needs to have what she described
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 29 March 2008 United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Israel, Saturday, on a new Middle East peace mission. But it is an uphill climb, as we hear from Robert Berger at the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. S
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 24 July 2007 Former British Prime Minister and new Mideast Peace Envoy Tony Blair held talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders Tuesday. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem, Mr. Blair says there is a new sense of possibi
By David Gollust State Department 24 July 2007 The State Department confirmed Tuesday that because of Middle East travel plans, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will not attend next week's regional forum with leaders of Southeast Asian countries i
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 23 July 2007 Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, the new Mideast peace envoy has begun a two-day trip to the Middle East. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau. New Quartet Mideast Envoy and Former Briti
By Sonja Pace London 28 June 2007 Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he will likely head to the Middle East next month in his role as newly appointed international peace envoy. VOA's Sonja Pace reports from London that Mr. Blair's appointm
A large segment of popular opinion, across the Middle East, appears to be supporting Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Barak Obama in Tuesday's contest against Republican John McCain. But, as Edward Yeranian reports from Cairo, portions of the
By Al Pessin Pentagon 23 September 2009 US General David Petraeus, (file photo) The commander of all U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, who was also the architect of the Iraq turnaround two years ago, has endorsed the grim assessment b
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says a Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip must be respected. On the eve of a diplomatic sweep through the region, Mr. Ban said he is deeply anguished over the situation
Clinton Criticizes Syrias Assad in Mideast Democracy Speech Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said late Monday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has systematically violated all terms of the Arab League-mediated peace plan for his country. In a p
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron says he would like to see a United Nations resolution condemning Libya's use of force against anti-government protesters. He was speaking in Qatar during a tour of Gulf Arab states. Back in Britain, controversy
U.S. President Barack Obama and his visiting Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak, have expressed optimism over the possibility of moving forward on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Mr. Mubarak has made his first visit to the White House in mor
Kerry Mideast Talks on Syria to Include Russian Call for Involving Iran In this fight for control of Syria, Iran is one of the biggest backers of embattled President Bashar al-Assad. So Russia says Iran should be part of the peace process. Iran has r
By David Gollust Berlin 17 January 2007 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the international Quartet on the Middle East will meet in Washington in two weeks to try to advance Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. Rice, in Berlin after a M
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The U.S. is tightening rules about electronic devices allowed in carry-on baggage. The new security measures cover direct flights to the U.S. from eight majority-Muslim countries. This, of course, comes as President Trump is wagi
By Jeff Swicord Jerusalem 28 November 2007 In Annapolis, Maryland, the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed to restart long-stalled peace talks. As the Mideast peace conference convened in the U.S., the leaders each spoke of the lon
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 05 August 2006 Israel launched air strikes, commando raids and heavy ground combat operations Saturday against Hezbollah in Lebanon, as Hezbollah militants continued rocket attacks against northern Israel. In New York, the Un
By Scott Stearns White House 05 January 2008 President Bush travels to the Middle East in the coming week in hopes of urging U.S. allies in the region to support Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the sto