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US Middle East envoy William Burns here yesterday welcomed the
unofficial initiatives launched by Israeli and Palestinian groups
for a final peace settlement but without actually endorsing them.
US Middle East envoy William Burns paved the way yesterday for
President George W Bush's first hand-on foray into Arab-Israeli
peacemaking, at upcoming summits in Egypt and Jordan.