Olmert, Abbas try to close gaps ahead of Bush visit
Tuesday 8 January 2008
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. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meet on Tuesday in a last-minute attempt to get stalled peace talks going before a visit by U.S. President George W. Bush.

Six weeks have passed since Bush convened a conference in Annapolis, Maryland, to launch the first talks in seven years with the aim of clinching a deal before

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Turkey to change free speech law
Tuesday 8 January 2008
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. Turkey is expected to amend a heavily criticised law which makes “insulting Turkishness” illegal, in order to improve its chances of entering the EU.

Mehmet Ali Sahin, the country’s justice minister, said on Monday: “The work [on the draft] has been finalised. I believe the proposal could be submitted to parliament

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