Nov 4th, 2009 - Yahoo! News
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CAIRO (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday the future of Jerusalem must be on the agenda of any Middle East peace talks, as the Palestinians again took Israel to task over Jewish settlements in the city's Arab eastern sector.
Speaking after hastily arranged talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to clarify remarks widely interpreted as a U-turn on US policy of demanding a freeze on all Jewish settlements, she said Washington is determined to push for a Palestinian state.
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