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Sat 09 Sep 2009Mitchell unable to get deal on Israeli settlement freeze
IN A serious blow to President Barack Obama’s Middle East policy, envoy George Mitchell yesterday left the region after six days of shuttle diplomacy, without clinching a deal on an Israeli settlement freeze.
It is still not clear if the tripartite meeting Washington had been pushing for next week at the UN, involving President Obama and the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, will now take place.
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