Clinton in Moscow for Mideast, nuclear arms talks (AP)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton walks following her arrival in Moscow's Vnukovo airport on Thursday, March 18, 2010. Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Moscow to meet with senior Russian officials and to join top international diplomats in assessing the stalled Mideast peace process.(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks.




Rocket kills 1 in Israel while EU top diplomat in Gaza (Reuters)

EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton arrives for a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres at his residency in Jerusalem. Ashton condemned Reuters - Palestinian militants fired a rocket into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a Thai agricultural worker, while the European Union's foreign affairs chief was visiting the Hamas-controlled enclave.




Ashton, in Gaza, condemns violence after fatal rocket (AFP)

EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton arrives for a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres at his residency in Jerusalem. Ashton condemned AFP - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton condemned "any kind of violence" on Thursday after Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, where she was on a brief visit, fired a rocket into Israel, killing one man.




Israeli medics: Man killed by Gaza rocket (AP)

EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton arrives for a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres at his residency in Jerusalem. Ashton condemned AP - A rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip killed a man inside Israel Thursday, Israeli medics said, in the first death from a rocket attack since Israel's Gaza offensive last year.




One killed as Gaza rocket hits Israel: army (AFP)

A Palestinian Hamas militant carrying a fake rocket takes part in a rally in the streets of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, 2009. A foreign worker has been killed after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a kibbutz in southern Israel, the Israeli army said.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)AFP - A foreign worker was killed when a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a kibbutz in southern Israel on Thursday, the Israeli army said, with media saying the victim is Thai.




US envoy 'due in Middle East on March 21' (AFP)

US envoy George Mitchell, pictured in January 2010, will arrive in the region on Sunday for a visit that had been delayed amid a row between Washington and Israel, a senior Palestinian official told AFP.(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - US Middle East envoy George Mitchell will arrive in the region on Sunday for a visit that had been delayed amid a row between Washington and Israel, a senior Palestinian official told AFP.




Obama says no crisis in US-Israeli relations (AFP)

President Barack Obama denied a crisis was rocking US-Israeli relations, as one of the worst rows in years between the allies rumbled on over new homes for Jewish settlers.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AFP - President Barack Obama denied a crisis was rocking US-Israeli relations as his top diplomatic aide arrived Thursday in Moscow for a meeting of the Middle East quartet.




Palestinians struggle to impose settlements boycott (AFP)

Palestinian customs policemen stop a loaded truck to search if it's carrying products from Jewish settlements in West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinian government, headed by Salam Fayyad, has started a widespread campaign in the West Bank to boycott and destroy products from Jewish settlements, such as alcohol, foods and raw materials.(AFP/File/Abbas Momani)AFP - Palestinian customs agents are hanging banners, setting up checkpoints and raiding shops across the West Bank in a campaign to rid the territory of products made in Israeli settlements.




Obama says Israel home plans not helpful for peace (Reuters)

President Barack Obama listens to his introduction as he arrives to deliver remarks on health insurance reform at Walter F. Ehrnfelt Recreation and Senior Center in Strongsville, Ohio, March 15, 2010. REUTERS/Jim YoungReuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday Israeli plans to build more homes near East Jerusalem were not helpful for the Middle East peace process, but he said the issue had not led to a crisis with one of the United States' closest allies.




Clinton to attend Mideast session amid crisis (AP)

A Palestinian man works on a construction site for a new home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that Israel must prove it is committed to the Mideast peace process with actions but brushed aside suggestions that U.S.-Israeli relations are in crisis and reaffirmed America's steadfast commitment to the security of the Jewish state. Clinton said U.S. and Israeli officials are in intense talks about how to repair the damage caused by last week's Israeli announcement of new Jewish housing in east Jerusalem while Vice President Joe Biden was visiting the country. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)AP - With the Mideast peace process stalled and U.S.-Israeli relations in crisis, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton headed Wednesday to a Mideast strategy meeting of top international diplomats.




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