US envoy begins Mideast peace push

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Jun. 9, 2009

U.S. envoy George Mitchell began a new swing through the Mideast on Tuesday with a call for a rapid resumption of peace talks, as the White House tried to push Israel to halt settlement construction in the West Bank. Mitchell met with Israel's defense...

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