Abbas: Israel to blame for failure of latest talks
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Israel has caused the failure of the latest round of low-level talks with the Palestinians by not presenting detailed proposals.
The two sides have held Jordanian-mediated preliminary talks on borders and security for the past month at the urging of the Quartet of international Mideast mediators the US, the UN, the EU and Russia. The Quartet hoped contacts would evolve into full negotiations. (AP)
