Reuters – Facing a U.N. showdown over Palestinian statehood, President Barack Obama plans talks with feuding Israeli and Turkish leaders and renewed efforts to revive Middle East peace talks in a diplomatic push next week to ease rising regional tensions.
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Obama U.N. agenda aims to lower Mideast tensions
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AFP – An intense US diplomatic push, personally led by President Barack Obama and motivated by fears of cataclysmic bloodshed, helped underwrite a landmark independence referendum in Sudan on Sunday.
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Intense US push led up to Sudan referendum
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Reuters – With a diplomatic push from U.S. President Barack Obama, Israeli and the Palestinian leaders will start direct peace talks on Thursday shadowed by skepticism on all sides and fresh violence in the volatile West Bank.
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Israel, Palestinians set for face-to-face talks
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