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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR2007113002307.html
U.S. Withdraws Draft on Mideast at UN
[Washington Post] Colum Lynch - On Thursday evening, Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, had all but persuaded the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution endorsing the agreement Israelis and Palestinians struck in Annapolis last week to work toward a political settlement before the end of 2008. But Friday, the Bush administration abruptly withdrew the text, while Israeli diplomats reiterated their decades-long opposition to a UN role in Middle East negotiations.