Tel Aviv/Washington - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice landed in Israel Thursday to "continue to work" on the Israeli- Palestinian peace process, but the White House admitted that it was unlikely the sides would meet their self-imposed deadline.
"We do not think that it's likely that it would happen before the end of the year," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said, in the first admission by the Bush Administration that that the goal of reaching a deal by the end of 2008 would not be successful.
Washington - The White House acknowledged Thursday that reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by the end of the year was unlikely because of the political stalemate in Israel that resulted in plans for new elections.
"We do not think that it's likely that it would happen before the end of the year," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said.
Cairo - In a region where the presence of the US can not be more evident in political life, Egyptian political forces are hopeful that the victory of Barack Obama will bring the "change" he vowed, to their part of the world.
Essam al-Erian, a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood movement, described Obama's victory as "historical."
"Obama's victory is a historical moment for the US and can be historical for the whole world," al-Erian told Deutsche Presse- Agentur dpa.
Amman - Prince Ghazi bin Mohammad on Monday opened the the new Jordan-based Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) in the presence of a number of prominent scientists from across the world.
The centre would provide the Middle East with "several facilities for basic scientific research and applications that will help boost sciences and technology" in the region, Jordan's Nuclear Energy Commission Chairman Khalid Touqan said at the opening.
Cairo - Four people were killed and three went missing in the collapse of an underground tunnel Sunday north of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, security sources said.
Sources from the militant group Hamas informed Egyptian authorities of the incident.
Egypt is still searching for the missing people inside the tunnel, the source said.
The identities of the dead and missing were not immediately known, the source said.
Tel Aviv/Washington - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice landed in Israel Thursday to "continue to work" on the Israeli- Palestinian peace process, but the White House admitted that it was unlikely the sides would meet their self-imposed deadline.
Washington - The White House acknowledged Thursday that reaching an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by the end of the year was unlikely because of the political stalemate in Israel that resulted in plans for new elections.
Cairo - In a region where the presence of the US can not be more evident in political life, Egyptian political forces are hopeful that the victory of Barack Obama will bring the "change" he vowed, to their part of the world.
Amman - Prince Ghazi bin Mohammad on Monday opened the the new Jordan-based Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) in the presence of a number of prominent scientists from across the world.
Cairo - Four people were killed and three went missing in the collapse of an underground tunnel Sunday north of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, security sources said.
