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Ambassador level talks to focus on Iraq…

• Iranian, U.S. Officials Meet in Iraq on May 28 (Reuters)

…but Nobel Peace Prize Winner says “the arrest of people like Esfandiari is ‘not a very good starting point for negotiations between the two countries:’”

• Iran Said To Deny Legal Access To Imprisoned Scholar (Washington Post)

Watchdog group reports “grave abuses:

• Turnout Low, Fraud Alleged as Algeria Awaits Poll Outcome (AFP)

Israeli army has no comment on return to Gaza and Abbas cancels Gaza visit in wake of assassination plot allegations and continued factional fighting:

• Israeli Air Strikes Hit Hamas In Gaza (Reuters)
• Abbas Death Plot Claim As Palestinian Crisis Worsens (AFP)
• Unity Fractures as Palestinians Battle in Gaza (NY Times)
• Violence Takes Gaza To The Brink (Christian Science Monitor)

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