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Hamas fires heavier rockets at Israel GAZA - Hamas Islamists fired their longest-range rockets at a southern Israel city on Friday after an Israeli air force attack on their Gaza stronghold, in the 11th day of skirmishes threatening a five-month-old truce.   Nations:Egypt Israel   People:Mahmoud Abbas Ehud Olmert   Activities:2007 Gaza Conflict   2008-11-14 Bush Middle East efforts end with little progress JERUSALEM -- Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is wrapping up the Bush administration's yearlong attempt to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace with little to show for her investment.   Nations:Egypt Russia   People:Mahmoud Abbas Ehud Olmert Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice   Activities:2007 Palestinian Peace Talks Bush Admin.   2008-11-11 Bush Middle East efforts end with little progress JERUSALEM -- Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is wrapping up the Bush administration's yearlong attempt to broker Israeli-Palestinian peace with little to show for her investment.   Nations:Egypt Russia   People:Mahmoud Abbas Ehud Olmert Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice   Activities:2007 Palestinian Peace Talks Bush Admin.   2008-11-10 Will Obama change course in the Middle East? Jerusalem - President-elect Barack Obama represents a couple of significant firsts for the peoples of the Middle East: the first US president with Muslim parentage (father), the first US president to have spent years living abroad in a Muslim nation (Indonesia). In one editorial cartoon in an Israeli newspaper, two local men were depicted as smiling and saying, "finally, an Eastern president!"   Nations:Israel Afghanistan Lebanon   People:Mahmoud Abbas Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice   Activities:Obama Admin. 2007 Palestinian Peace Talks Israel-U.S.   2008-11-09 Rice: Mideast peace by year-end no longer possible TEL AVIV, Israel - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday all but conceded that an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by a year-end deadline is no longer possible.   Nations:Israel Egypt Russia   People:Mahmoud Abbas Ehud Olmert Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice   Activities:2007 Palestinian Peace Talks Bush Admin.   Source:(AP)   2008-11-06 Headlines Hamas fires heavier rockets at Israel 2008-11-14 Bush Middle East efforts end with little progress 2008-11-11 Bush Middle East efforts end with little progress 2008-11-10 Will Obama change course in the Middle East? 2008-11-09 Rice: Mideast peace by year-end no longer possible 2008-11-06 World looks forward to new era with US 2008-11-04 Israeli PM-designate calls for early elections 2008-10-26 Chances for peace emerge in Mideast clashes 2008-10-24 Barak: Israel considering Saudi peace plan 2008-10-19 Mideast peace takes center stage at United Nations 2008-09-26 Bush meets with Middle Eastern leaders 2008-09-25 With Olmert gone, clock starts on Israel coalition 2008-09-21 Rice: Settlements unhelpful to peace talks 2008-08-26 Rice in longshot bid for Mideast peace progress 2008-08-24 Israeli police quiz PM again in bribery case 2008-08-22 Palestinian infighting in Gaza escalates, 9 killed 2008-08-02 Olmert plows ahead on peace talks 2008-08-01 Obama says he's becoming competitive in red states 2008-07-27 Obama tries to reassure Israelis and Palestinians 2008-07-23 Obama vows to work for Mideast breakthrough 2008-07-22 Obama plans to visit oft-targeted Israeli town 2008-07-22 Obama Polishes Foreign-Policy Credentials in Mideast 2008-07-22 Obama and McCain diverge on Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2008-07-22 Britain's Brown demands end to Israel settlements 2008-07-20 Obama takes show onto global stage 2008-07-16 Israel's Olmert says peace deal closer than ever 2008-07-13 Mediterranean, EU nations to boost ties with grand new union 2008-07-13 Israeli PM agrees to release more Palestinians 2008-07-13 Palestinian goes on rampage in Jerusalem; 3 killed 2008-07-02 Israel seals Gaza crossings after rocket attack 2008-07-01 Hamas emboldened by Israel-Hezbollah prisoner swap 2008-06-30 France's Sarkozy offers in Israel to broker peace 2008-06-23 Israel tries diplomatic route to isolate Iran 2008-06-21 Gaza truce takes hold, skepticism abounds 2008-06-19 Israel and Hamas: A Fragile Truce 2008-06-18 Israel-Hamas Peace (Quietly) at Hand? 2008-06-15 Rice: Jewish housing plan undermines peace talks 2008-06-14 Around the world, much is expected of Barack Obama 2008-06-06 Iran, Mideast peace on Bush-Olmert agenda 2008-06-04 Abbas signals flexibility on reconciling to Hamas 2008-06-04 Bush seeks to reassure Israelis on Iranian threat 2008-06-04 Al-Qaida's No.2 urges holy war over Gaza Strip 2008-06-04 Hamas expands cabinet to strengthen hold in Gaza 2008-06-03 Israel's Olmert begins U.S. visit under cloud 2008-06-03 Abbas attacks settlement growth before Olmert talks 2008-06-02 Olmert's party considers ballot over scandal 2008-05-30 Olmert coalition ally demands he step aside 2008-05-28 Hamas wants Arabs to broker Palestinian accord 2008-05-25 Abbas fears Olmert probe may hold up peace talks 2008-05-24 Matches Shown: | 1-50 | 51-100 Most-viewed Chances for peace emerge in Mideast clashes 2008-10-24 Barak: Israel considering Saudi peace plan 2008-10-19 Mideast peace takes center stage at United Nations 2008-09-26 Bush Middle East efforts end with little progress 2008-11-11 Rice: Mideast peace by year-end no longer possible 2008-11-06 Around the world, much is expected of Barack Obama 2008-06-06 Al-Qaida No. 2 critical of peace parley 2007-12-14 Mediterranean, EU nations to boost ties with grand new union 2008-07-13 Hamas wants Arabs to broker Palestinian accord 2008-05-25 Cheney heads to Israel to press peace talks 2008-03-22 Will Obama change course in the Middle East? 2008-11-09 Britain's Brown demands end to Israel settlements 2008-07-20 Hamas expands cabinet to strengthen hold in Gaza 2008-06-03 Bush lectures Arab world on political reform, women's rights 2008-05-18 Obama wary of report of breakthrough with Hamas 2008-04-22 Bush ends peace mission without breakthrough 2008-01-11 Bush visits Kuwait to promote peace deal 2008-01-11 Israeli soldiers kill 3 Hamas militants in Gaza 2007-04-29 Palestinian killed, 11 wounded in Israeli strikes 2006-07-09 World looks forward to new era with US 2008-11-04 Israeli PM-designate calls for early elections 2008-10-26 Bush meets with Middle Eastern leaders 2008-09-25 Israeli police quiz PM again in bribery case 2008-08-22 Obama vows to work for Mideast breakthrough 2008-07-22 Obama Polishes Foreign-Policy Credentials in Mideast 2008-07-22

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