Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Israel's prime minister promised Monday to free 250 Palestinian prisoners and promised to improve life in the West Bank in an attempt to boost Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas' takeover in Gaza.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert made the pledges at a summit in this Egyptian Red Sea resort with Abbas and the leaders of Egypt and Jordan.
The Arab leaders hope the high-profile gathering can lead to a resumption of the long-blocked peace process, rally Palestinian support behind Abbas and isolate Hamas after the Islamic militant group's stunning and bloody victory in Gaza.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The United States must continue to show its commitment to peace and a Palestinian state by backing moderate voices in the Palestinian government.It is helpful that other Middle East nations, concerned about the militant group Hamas, are rallying their own show of support for Palestinian moderates with this week's summit involving Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt.
Olmert displayed his own good-faith measure Monday by saying he will release 250 Palestinian members of Fatah from prison. The summit in Egypt follows a high-profile meeting between Olmert and President Bush days earlier in Washington. The meetings tend to display solidarity against Hamas, which is no friend to the peace process and certainly no friend of Israel.For certain, the summit should be an emphatic sign to Hamas, which has established few allies among rational players in the Middle East...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
SIMMS, Texas – Three children were killed Monday when fire swept through their wood frame home in a tiny rural community west of Texarkana, officials said.
Jordan Donette Tinsley, 9, and John Robert Lynn Tinsley, 7, died at the scene of the early-morning fire. Their 6-year-old brother, Benjamin Luke Tinsley, was airlifted to Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark., where he died early Monday afternoon.
Their mother, Jamie Lynn Tinsley, 30, was taken to a Little Rock hospital by ambulance. Their grandparents were treated for smoke inhalation.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that he will release 250 Fatah members from Israeli prisons in a goodwill gesture aimed at strengthening Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas' victory in Gaza.
Olmert made the announcement at a meeting with Abbas and the leaders of Egypt and Jordan that the Arabs and Palestinians are hoping can push forward the peace process.
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