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Obama Opens Mideast Peace Talks

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Netanyahu, Abbas join in D.C.

President Obama opens peace talks between Israel and Palestine in Washington on Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The two leaders arrived in D.C. on Tuesday and met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It’s the first meeting between the two sides since December 2008, but the Associated Press says, “The two sides are far apart on all key issues, so major progress in the early going is seen as unlikely.”

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