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Netanyahu meets US envoy George Mitchell in London
London hosts Netanyahu-Mitchell meeting

By Alex Stevenson Middle Eastern peace hopes are focused on London today as Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu meets US envoy George Mitchell. The pair will hold talks in a hotel somewhere in the capital on the extent to which Israel is prepared to halt its settlements in the West Bank. Media reports have suggested… Read more »

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First results in from Afghan elections
First results reveal close Afghan contest

By politics.co.uk staff Incumbent Afghan president Hamid Karzai has a lead of just two points after the first results from last week’s elections were announced. Mr Karzai took 40.6 per cent of the first ten per cent of votes to foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah’s 38.6 per cent, the AFP news agency reported. Final results of… Read more »