Olmert and his colleagues portray Abbas as a central member of a camp of "moderates" which includes the Saudis, the Egyptians and the Jordanians.
"The PRI has lost its social roots, " said Jose Valdez, 72, a central committee member of the Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers, one of the oldest unions behind the PRI.
Greece was also in the spotlight, as European Central Bank executive board member Joerg Asmussen said the central bank won't take part in any potential debt restructuring of the debt-laden country.
Yields in Spain and Italy, which had soared Tuesday, pulled back as investors took some solace from European Central Bank Executive Board member Benoit Coeure, who suggested that the central bank could turn to its bond-purchase program again to ease stress in Spain, where some feared the bond-market selloff would accelerate should 10-year yields top 6%.
Sasha Khokha covers California's Central Valley for member station KQED, based in San Francisco.
The news comes as France's economic progress was criticised by a European Central Bank board member.
Owned and controlled by the member central banks, the BIS provides them with data on capital flows and sets recommended regulatory standards such as capital-adequacy levels.
Fatah has supported the peaceful two-state principle since the late 1980s, but half the 11-member Central Council opposed the terms of the agreement with Israel negotiated secretly in the Norwegian capital.
Adding to the gloomy mood, European Central Bank governing council member Ewald Nowotny said he didn't see the euro-zone economy improving significantly in the near future.
In a bid to restore confidence further, European Central Bank Executive Board member Benoit Coeure said Cyprus is a totally unique case, adding it would be wrong for policymakers to suggest otherwise.
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In a bid to restore confidence, European Central Bank Executive Board member Benoit Coeure said Cyprus is a totally unique case, adding it would be wrong for policy makers to suggest otherwise.
Andrzej Slawinski, a member of the Polish central bank's monetary-policy council, believes there is less of a risk that the new member states will follow in the footsteps of Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain.
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Tabrani Rab, a Riau native and member of the central-government committee overseeing the devolution system, is more worried about corruption.
The UK must end "discriminatory" rules for workers from the new EU member states in Central and Eastern Europe, says the European Commission.
Mohammad Shtayyeh, a member of the central committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and head of the relief committee for the Palestinians in Syria, condemned the loss of life in Yarmouk.
France, currently the biggest recipient of CAP funds, knows that the balance sheet will look very different when the CAP is fully extended to the new member states from central and eastern Europe.
There are, however, problems to resolve: participation is not as high as it could be, with new member states in central and eastern Europe among the conspicuously missing, and uncertainty about the next round of allocations is holding back companies in western Europe too.
This arrangement does entail cross-border agreements and some surrender of sovereignty among member states to the central arbitrators.
He has also been a member of the Dutch central bank supervisory board and regularly has represented the queen at international events.
Today a board member at the European Central Bank, Ewald Nowotny, challenged that view by saying the Cypriot banking crisis was a special case and not a model for the future.
The Maastricht Treaty explicitly forbids the European Central Bank to bail out any member country, but the markets clearly reckon that there is little chance that a government would be allowed to go bust.
For Israel's world of politics and the public at large, this catalogue of protracted perversion of justice is perhaps more disturbing than the crimes on the charge sheet, because it took place during the years when Mr Deri, as the leader of the Shas and a senior cabinet member, was a central figure in policymaking and in coalition-building and -breaking.
For one, it has a common central bank that automatically transfers reserves between member states, thereby avoiding the modern equivalent of a country running out of gold.
Now the new member states - mainly in Central and Eastern Europe - that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007, will have to embrace the new animal welfare standards.
The panel comprises a High Court Judge, a second judge with immigration expertise and a third expert lay member whose presence reflects the central feature of the Three Wise Men system.
The military leader at the time, Mohammed Buhari promised them national honours, houses, streets named after each member, stock at the central bank, educational scholarships, visits to all the states of the federation and the Mexico 1986 World Cup.
But whether the idea of Italy's debt being "mutualised" (or shared with German taxpayers) via some kind of shield provided by the IMF will appeal to the German parliament and German central bank - which are set against any such central-bank lending to any eurozone member state - seems highly doubtful.
In Europe, several media reports said the European Central Bank confirmed the resignation of Governing Council member Juergen Stark.
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In June, the Nissan board member added North, South and Central America to his existing regional responsibilities for Africa, Europe, India and the Middle East.
Even in straightforward EU business, Italy - a founding union member and always regarded as a central player - now sounds increasingly hesitant about further integration.
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