Clinton in Cairo to meet with Egyptian leaders

CAIRO—U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is holding hastily arranged meetings with Egyptian leaders to discuss the stalemate over restarting peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.

She flew here Tuesday night from Marrakech, Morocco, instead of returning to Washington as scheduled. The change reflected Obama administration eagerness to tamp down Arab worries that the U.S. is dropping its demand that Israel halt construction of housing in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

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