JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Colin Powell launched a fresh round of talks yesterday aimed at persuading wary Israeli and Palestinian leaders to start implementing a US-backed “road map” for Middle East peace.
Powell, leading the highest-level US peacemaking effort in more than a year, met Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon here before he was due to see Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in Jericho.
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