haaretz.com - 10/26/2008
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WASHINGTON - Ahead of the American elections, Dennis Ross, the man who used to work as President Bill Clinton's envoy to the Middle East, has been busy "working" the shuls in Florida, a key battleground state in the presidential election. Aside from sitting on the boards of many different ...
haaretz.com - 10/28/2008
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haaretz.com —
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is very critical of
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's positions on Iran, according...
to reports that have reached Israel's government. Sarkozy has made his criticisms only in closed forums in France. But ...
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Sources: Sarkozy views Obama stance on Iran ...
politico.com - 10/28/2008
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politico.com —
The French Embassy puts out a statement denying
the Haaretz report that an Israeli official said President...
Sarkozy was troubled by his Iran policy: The remarks attributed by the newspaper Haaretz to the President of the French Republic concerning ...
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Sarkozy calls Iran remarks 'groundless'
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