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Wed 03 Mar 2010Biden condemns new settlement plan
US vice president Joe Biden condemned Israel today over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to US-mediated talks.
"It is incumbent on both parties to build an atmosphere of support for negotiations and not to complicate them," Mr Biden said in a media statement alongside Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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