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The latest attempt to secure a peace deal in the Middle East is entering a crucial phase as Israel decides whether to join the Palestinians in marathon talks.

Israel is easing the tight security grip it imposed on Gaza earlier this week after the killing of a Jewish settler.

Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat is meeting Arab foreign ministers in Cairo to discuss U.S. peace proposals.

Hackers have attacked the website of a Lebanese Internet company in apparent retaliation for its role in servicing Hezbollah's al-Manar television, its director said on Friday.

An Israeli army frontier post has been targeted by mortar bombs fired from Lebanon.

Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat is meeting Arab foreign ministers in Cairo to discuss U.S. peace proposals.

Israel says its soldiers shot dead a Palestinian Friday as he climbed a fence in front of an Israeli army position at the Erez crossing point into Gaza.

Israel says its soldiers shot dead a Palestinian Friday as he climbed a fence in front of an Israeli army position at the Erez crossing point into Gaza.

U.S. special envoy Dennis Ross has cancelled his planned peace mission to the Middle East, Palestinian radio has reported.

U.S. special envoy Dennis Ross has cancelled his planned peace mission to the Middle East, Palestinian radio has reported.

Efforts have resumed to arrange a summit between Palestinian and Israeli leaders before Israeli elections, Palestinian and Israeli sources are quoted as saying.

The death of an Israeli settler has prompted Israel to cancel peace talks with Palestinians and seal off the Gaza Strip.

The fate of the Mideast peace talks hangs in the balance after the Israeli delegation walked out following the deaths of two Israelis in the West Bank.

In another last-ditch effort to get a peace deal before leaving office, U.S. President Bill Clinton has decided to send special Middle East envoy Dennis Ross to the region to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, senior administration officials told CNN on Sunday.

The death of an Israeli settler has prompted Israel to cancel peace talks with Palestinians and seal off the Gaza Strip.

The death of an Israeli settler has prompted Israel to cancel peace talks with Palestinians and seal off the Gaza Strip.

Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers hours before stalled Mideast peace talks were due to resume.

Libya's ambassador to the United Nations has told CNN that Libya will respect and implement the verdicts of the Scottish court in the Lockerbie trial.

Three masked gunmen shot and killed the head of Palestinian state television as he sat at a hotel restaurant on Wednesday, Palestinian security officials said.

Two Palestinian policemen were killed in a gun battle in the West Bank city of Tulkarem in new Middle East violence overnight.

The fate of the Mideast peace talks hangs in the balance after the Israeli delegation walked out following the deaths of two Israelis in the West Bank.

Middle East peace talks are due to resume with violent rampages by Jewish settlers being put top of the Palestinian agenda.

After an overnight impasse, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators returned to the table in Egypt on Friday and planned informal meetings on the Israeli side of the border after the Jewish Sabbath begins at sundown.

Talks between Palestinian and Israeli negotiators are resuming after delays over the issue of how to handle ongoing violence in the Middle East.

Israeli-Palestinian peace talks look set to conclude within days, with hopes of an accord fading.

Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak has rejected suggestions he stand aside in the election in favour of elder statesman Shimon Peres.

The death of an Israeli settler has thrown doubt on prospects of negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis.

The death of an Israeli settler has cast a shadow over peace negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis.

Israel says its soldiers shot dead a Palestinian Friday as he climbed a fence in front of an Israeli army position at the Erez crossing point into Gaza.

Showing opposition to a U.S.-proposed Mideast peace plan that would give Palestinians sovereignty over a disputed shrine in East Jerusalem, tens of thousands of Israelis protested on Monday outside the ancient walls of the Old City.

Two Palestinians convicted of collaborating with Israel have been executed by firing squad.

U.S. special envoy Dennis Ross has cancelled his planned peace mission to the Middle East, Palestinian radio has reported.

Iraq dismissed rumors that President Saddam Hussein suffered a stroke.

A journalist cleric, defrocked and sentenced to four months in prison on charges of defaming the clergy, has refused to appeal the verdict in protest, a newspaper reported Tuesday.