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Northern Ireland PM Steps Down Amid Sex Scandal, Imperiling Peace Process
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyIn a story that is getting more bizarre -- and more troubling -- by the moment, Northern Ireland Prime Minister Peter Robinson resigned yesterday amid a financial scandal surrounding his wife's affair with a teenager. The scandal -- which has roiled the country's deeply traditional society -- now threatens to derail its fragile peace process as well. ...
Bush in Israel for Anniversary Celebrations
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPresident Bush arrived in Tel Aviv, Israel this morning for a two-day visit marking Israel's 60th anniversary as a nation. The president was welcomed at the airport by Israeli president Shimon Peres. While in the Middle East, the president will meet with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators to continue his push for a comprehensive peace agreement before he leaves office. He will also meet with Arab allies n Saudi Arabia, and make a stop at Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt for talks with Egypt's, Jordan's, Lebanon's, and Afghanistan's leaders.The president began his visit with high praise for Israel and ...
Bush Predicts Peace Deal Will Be Reached
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailySpeaking from Ramallah, on the West Bank, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his side, President Bush confidently predicted that a peace deal between the Palestinians and Israelis would be signed by the end of his presidency. The president made the comments after a meeting with Abbas on the second day of his trip to the Middle East. The trip is intended to jump start the peace process and build momentum toward an agreement on final status issues that have long prevented the creation of a Palestinian state.As he did after his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, the president ...
Bush Arrives in Israel for Historic Visit
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPresident Bush was welcomed to Israel today with a ceremony at Tel Aviv's airport headed by Israeli President Simon Peres. It was the beginning to a nine-day visit to Israel and the West Bank in an effort by the Administration to build momentum for the nascent final status talks between the Israelis and Palestinians.The greeting on the tarmac at Tel Aviv was warm and friendly, with Israeli President Peres telling the president, "You are our strongest and most trusted ally in the battle against terrorism and fundamentalism and a strong supporter of our quest for peace and stability." President ...
Peace Talks in Advance of Bush Visit
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyPresident Bush embarks on a nine-day trip to the Middle East tonight. The trip is designed to follow up on the Annapolis Conference, at which Israeli and Palestinian negotiators hammered out a framework agreement that included as a goal reaching a final peace settlement by the end of this year. It was the first time the Palestinians and Israelis agreed on a deadline for negotiations.Now, one day before Bush arrives for his visit, the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority have met and authorized the start of negotiations over "core issues," in the decades long conflict. The core ...
Bush Says U.S. Cannot Impose Peace
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyFresh off a successful Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland, President Bush sat down with CNN for a follow up interview. The president committed himself to personally "facilitate" a peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians by the end of 2008, but cautioned, "America can't impose our vision on the two parties. If that happens, then there's not going to be a deal that will last."The president said that rather than take a trip to the region to participate in the negotiations, which he did not think would be constructive, he would work directly with the principals, ...
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