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Bush Gives Mideast Peace a Last Try

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Weekend Edition Sunday, November 25, 2007 · The Arab-Israeli conflict has not been high on President Bush's agenda until now. A conference in Annapolis, Md., is seen as a "relaunch" of a process meant to move the two sides toward peace. Ghaith Al-Omari and Daniel Levy of the New America Foundation discuss prospects for progress at the summit.

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Syria to Attend Mideast Peace Conference

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DAMASCUS, Syria November 25, 2007, 10:59 a.m. ET · Syria will send its deputy foreign minister to the U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Md. because the issue of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights has been added to the agenda, the state-run news agency said Sunday.

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