Word: restarted
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...report's release coincides with a deadlock in the Obama Administration's efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell is currently in Israel, struggling to bridge the gap between the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' insistence that he won't talk to the Israelis unless they halt all construction on territory captured in 1967 (a demand echoed by the U.S.), and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer of only a partial freeze that exempts projects already approved and does not apply to East Jerusalem. The Administration had hoped to cajole Abbas and Netanyahu to join...
...negotiating group (France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China) went ahead and asked for a meeting with Tehran anyway - if for no other reason than to "test the proposition" that Iran is ready for dialogue, as State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley put it. (Read "How Obama Hopes to Restart Mideast Peace Talks...
...shot ricocheted off the crossbar and out of play.Harvard continued its onslaught in the opening minutes of the second half, but this time, it was freshman Emma Keller who found the back of the net. Keating took a pass from Dickson off a restart, and streaked toward the net alongside Keller. As Sawvelle came out of the cage to challenge Keating, she passed the ball off to the rookie, who tipped it in for the 3-0 lead. Just eight minutes later, Keating and Keller connected again. The junior dribbled into the circle and lifted the ball...
...protecting their own industries than on promoting international commerce. The U.S., typically an enthusiastic supporter of open markets, included "buy American" clauses in its stimulus package and propped up its flailing auto industry with handouts. Although a meeting of ministers in New Delhi in early September promised to restart long-stalled World Trade Organization negotiations aimed at reaching a global consensus on freer trade, wide differences remain between developed and developing nations that make a final deal difficult...
...billion stimulus bill helping unemployment? It was never designed to be a jobs program. Instead it is an ambitious policy prescription to restart - and redirect - the economy in new directions over the next three years. Stimulus spending is not a fast-infusion jobs program, nor is it always targeted toward the hardest-hit states. For example, stimulus road-building largely bypasses large metropolitan regions where antiquated infrastructure snarls traffic to focus on rural areas and smaller states...