Obama, Peres examine Mideast peace
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President Barack Obama held talks Tuesday with Israeli President Shimon Peres in hopes of finding ways to boost Middle East peace efforts, despite a new settlement move in Jerusalem.
Peres, a veteran statesman and Nobel laureate whose position is largely ceremonial, opened a meeting with Obama in the Oval Office of the White House. White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that "the two presidents will discuss events in the Middle East and around the world and they will discuss, obviously, efforts that need to be taken towards finding a compromise in the Middle East peace process." (AFP)
