Israeli and Palestinian negotiators launched talks for a final peace agreement. Meeting in the West Bank town of Ramallah, chief Israeli negotiator Oded Eran and his Palestinian counterpart, Yasser Abed Rabbo, shook hands for the cameras before sitting down to discuss mostly procedural issues facing them as they try to reach a framework for a final accord by February. The meeting lasted less than two hours, but negotiators said afterwards they planned to meet again Thursday and hold several sessions each week to meet the February deadline.
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