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Palestinian officials urge Quartet to put pressure on Israel
RAMALLAH, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian officials said they hope the upcoming meeting of the Middle East Quartet would put pressure on Israel to resume the long-stalled peace talks.
The Quartet, which groups the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations, is to convene on Friday in Moscow to push forward Middle East peace process. Full story
First high-ranking EU official tours Gaza as militants attack Israel with rocket
GAZA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Catherine Ashton, the new European Union (EU) Foreign Policy Chief, on Thursday visited the Gaza Strip for several hours, as a radical militant group fired a homemade rocket at southern Israel killing a foreign worker.
Ashton arrived in the blockaded strip before noon on Thursday through Erez border crossing point between northern Gaza Strip and Israel. She was escorted by UN vehicles. Full story
