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               Obama Meets with Abbas About Mid-East Peace Talks

   U.S. President Barack Obama meets Monday with Palestinian President
   Mahmoud Abbas at the White House to discuss the stalled Middle East
   peace process.
   The meeting comes ahead of the April 29 deadline for a framework peace
   agreement for the troubled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
   Mr. Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu two weeks
   ago.
   After more than seven months of U.S.-mediated peace talks, there is
   growing pessimism and acrimony.
   The two sides do not appear to have made much visible progress on
   narrowing their gaps on the major issues in the more than six-decade
   dispute. Their differences include the status of Jerusalem, the fate of
   Palestinian refugees, borders and security.
   The U.S. hopes a framework deal will prevent the collapse of the peace
   process and enable negotiations on a final agreement to continue until
   the end of the year.
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