Jul 3, 2009
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JERUSALEM, July 3 (Reuters) - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak will fly to London on Sunday for a meeting with U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, an Israeli official said on Friday. The meeting between Barak and Mitchell, U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, will be their second in a few days after they held meetings in New York in a bid to narrow the division with Washington over the settlement issue. "Defence Minister Barak will leave on Sunday night for a meeting on Monday with U.S. peace envoy George Mitchell and will possibly have other meetings," the Israeli official said in a statement. After their meeting, Barak said on Wednesday that Israel...
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