Clinton emphasizes US committment to Mideast peace, urges parties to avoid recriminations

October 29th, 2009 Clinton to meet Abbas, Netanyahu in Middle EastISLAMABAD — The State Department says U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders over the weekend to push ahead with efforts to restart stalled peace talks.

October 22nd, 2009 Mitchell: Mideast talks effort isn't a failureWATERVILLE, Maine — President Obama's Mideast envoy George Mitchell said Thursday it's too soon to brand his efforts to resume peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders a failure. The former Senate leader recalled being asked "hundreds of times" while negotiating for years in Northern Ireland when he was going home because the talks there were considered a failure.

October 22nd, 2009 Clinton reports scant progress on Mideast peaceWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is reporting little progress in its efforts to renew stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with President Barack Obama on Thursday to update him on the situation.

October 10th, 2009 Clinton talks to Mubarak; US envoy busy in MideastZURICH — U.S. officials are keeping in touch with Mideast leaders in hopes of getting the faltering peace process back on track.

September 23rd, 2009 Obama urges relaunch of Mideast peace negotiationsUNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama says the time has come to re-launch negotiations toward the long-elusive goal of Mideast peace. In a speech to the U.N.

September 18th, 2009 US envoy in new try to revive Mideast peace talksJERUSALEM — The U.S. Mideast envoy is pressing on with efforts to revive Mideast peace talks and extract Israeli concessions on settlements.

September 3rd, 2009 France: No more settlements, or no Mideast peacePARIS — France's foreign minister says an agreement on freezing Jewish settlements must be reached for international Mideast peace efforts to succeed. Bernard Kouchner and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Thursday in Paris.

September 2nd, 2009 Obama envoy to resume talks in Mideast next weekWASHINGTON — The State Department says former Sen. George Mitchell, who is the Obama administration's special envoy for Mideast peace, will return to the region next week for another round of talks aimed at setting the stage for a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.

August 18th, 2009 Obama to meet with Egyptian president TuesdayWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's focus turns to Mideast matters Tuesday when he sits down with his Egyptian counterpart at the White House. The meeting comes after President Hosni Mubarak's discussions with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Monday about the stalled Mideast peace talks.

August 7th, 2009 Clinton urges SAfrica to press Zimbabwe reformPRETORIA, South Africa — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is urging South Africa to press for political and economic reforms in neighboring Zimbabwe.

August 7th, 2009 Clarification: BC-US--US-Mideast-JordanWASHINGTON — In an Aug. 3 story on American peace efforts in the Mideast, The Associated Press reported that Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh rejected support for confidence-building measures that the U.S.

June 29th, 2009 Clinton urges restoration of order in HondurasWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the United States believes the unrest in Honduras "has evolved into a coup" and that officials believe the situation needs close watching. Clinton said Monday a delegation from the Organization of American States will be heading to Honduras as early as Tuesday "to begin working with the parties" on the restoration of constitutional government there.

June 26th, 2009 Mideast Quartet urges Israel to halt settlementsTRIESTE, Italy — The Quartet of Mideast negotiators has called on Israel to freeze all settlement activity and to lift its blockade on the Gaza Strip. The Quartet — the United States, Russia, United Nations and European Union — met Friday on the sidelines of a meeting of the Group of Eight foreign ministers, who made a similar call for Mideast peace.

June 12th, 2009 UN chief: key Mideast peacemakers to meetUNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that key parties trying to promote Mideast peace will meet in Italy later this month. Ban gave no details on the date and place but said Thursday he expects the Quartet of the United Nations, the United States, the European Union and Russia to discuss the next steps to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace.

June 5th, 2009 Obama sees mood better for Mideast peace talksDRESDEN, Germany — President Barack Obama says he's worked harder than other presidents in recent years to arrange a Mideast peace agreement, arguing he's created "the space, the atmosphere" for new talks. Obama made the assertion in a joint appearance with Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel, who promised to cooperate in her own right on this long-sought goal.