Obama, Abbas Meet as Deadline Nears

U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting his Palestinian counterpart, Mahmoud Abbas, at the White House Monday to discuss the stalled Middle East peace process. The meeting comes ahead of an April 29 target date for a framework agreement from the troubled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. In main West Bank cities Monday, thousands of Palestinians took to the streets to support Mr. Abbas's visit. Demonstrators waved flags and chanted 'we are with you, president!" Some 1,500...

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