White House Says Mideast Summit Ends Without Deal

The White House announced on Wednesday that a nine-day-old Middle East peace summit had ended without a deal.

"The summit has come to a conclusion without an agreement. The president (Bill Clinton) is returning to the White House and will make a statement," White House spokesman Joe Lockhart told reporters after Clinton ended talks with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.





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