Two U.S. mediators are expected to arrive in the Middle East on Sunday. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said he was confident there would be progress in ending Israeli-Palestinian violence after the arrival of the two, William Burns of the U.S. State Department and Anthony Zinni, a retired Marine Corps general.
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