Talks: Benjamin Netanyahu (r) and Mahmoud Abbas
Netanyahu, Abbas hold private peace talks
By Lisa Millar and wires
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas have spent several hours meeting alone, without translators, in the first day of direct talks on Middle East peace in Washington DC. More
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