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| Bush announces Middle East visit | Bush announces Middle East visit |
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| US President George W Bush will visit the Middle East in January, the White House has said. | US President George W Bush will visit the Middle East in January, the White House has said. |
| The announcement comes a week after Mr Bush hosted talks at which Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged to seek a peace deal before the end of 2008. | The announcement comes a week after Mr Bush hosted talks at which Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged to seek a peace deal before the end of 2008. |
| Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas held a meeting at the White House. | |
| Washington did not confirm Israeli reports that President Bush would include that country in his itinerary. | Washington did not confirm Israeli reports that President Bush would include that country in his itinerary. |
| Such a visit would be Mr Bush's first to Israel as US president. | |
| The Annapolis conference last Tuesday brought together 44 countries and led to an agreement to hold the first Israeli-Palestinian peace talks for seven years. | |
| "We will use our power to help you as you come up with the necessary decisions to lay out a Palestinian state that will live side-by-side in peace with Israel," Mr Bush said at White House, when he welcomed the two leaders there a day after the Annapolis meeting. |