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Peace Process Remains Stalled in Middle East

RAM2001112801 - 28 NOVEMBER 2001 - RAMALLAH, WEST BANK: (right to left) Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, U.S. envoy to the Middle East Anthony Zinni, Assistant Secretary of State William Burns, and U.S. Consul to Jerusalem Ron Schlicher meet at Arafat's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, November 28, 2001. Zinni, a U.S. envoy, arrived Monday along with Assistant Secretary of State William Burns to try to quell more than a year of Israeli-Palestinian violence and restart truce talks. rlw/apo/Arafat Press Office UPI

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