U.S. Middle East envoy Dennis Ross held talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as he continued efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Palestinian officials have rejected Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s gestures, including his willingness to make slight adjustments to the maps for the next handover of 6.1 percent of West Bank land.
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