Associated Press Annapolis, Md. – Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Tuesday to immediately resume long-stalled talks toward creating an independent Palestinian state by the end of next year, using a U.S.-hosted Mideast peace conference to launch their first negotiations in seven years. In a joint statement read by President Bush, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert…

Associated Press – November 26, 2007 VATICAN CITY – There are no plans for a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the Dalai Lama next month when the Tibetan spiritual leader comes to Italy, the Vatican said Monday. Italian news agencies, without identifying their sources, had reported on Oct. 31 that Benedict planned to meet…

Associated Press – November 25, 2007 LADSON, S.C. – White House hopeful Fred Thompson called his trip down an aisle of rifles, shotguns and pistols at a gun show Saturday “a day in paradise,” and criticized his leading Republican opponents for past positions on gun control and abortion. Talking to reporters after the gun show…

Associated Press – November 26, 2007 WASHINGTON – Hours before the opening of a high-stakes international conference on the Middle East, President George W. Bush, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed hope Monday that peace between Israel and the Palestinians finally could be achieved. A senior member of the Palestinian…

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