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Abbas, Sharon Plan Cease-Fire Announcement

By Julie McCarthy
Published February 6, 2005 at 9:00 PM PST
This story was published more than 20 years ago.

After four years of violence, Israeli and Palestinian leaders will announce a formal cease-fire on Tuesday, according to officials from both camps. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has concluded two days of separate meetings with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

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Julie McCarthy
Julie McCarthy has spent most of career traveling the world for NPR. She's covered wars, prime ministers, presidents and paupers. But her favorite stories "are about the common man or woman doing uncommon things," she says.

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