U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell plans to return to the Middle East next week in an attempt to help Israel and the Palestinian Authority adhere to the fragile cease-fire agreement reached last week. Bush administration officials would not say whether Powell would still be in Washington when Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meets with President Bush next Tuesday.
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