And the White House says the talks at a castle just outside Ljubljana will cover efforts to ease tensions in the Balkans and bring peace to the Middle East.

白宫说，这次在卢布尔雅那郊外一座城堡里举行会晤也将涉及为缓解巴尔干地区紧张关系和实现中东和平所作的努力。

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Far from anticipating an outbreak of peace, right now, in fact, the Middle East is bracing for the possibility that the escalation of tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.

事实上中东并没有奢望和平进程可以取得突破，现在的中东极具可能发生的是：以色列和巴勒斯坦之间的冲突加剧。

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Perhaps US stocks fell because of Microsoft earnings, Japanese bond yields rose on a good Tankan survey and Brent crude rallied on tensions in the Middle East.

或许美国股票下跌是因为微软公司盈利，日本债券上升是因为季度远观调查，北海布伦特原油价格反弹是因为中东的紧张局势。

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Instead,his goal will be to ease tensions between the United States and the world's Muslims tensions intensified by the Iraq war and a lack of progress in the Middle East peace process.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02

Safe-haven investment demand due to the rising Middle East tensions and fresh technical buying boosted gold Wednesday.

FORBES: P.M. Kitco Metals Roundup: Comex Gold Stages Late Rally on Safe-Haven and Technical Buying Interest

Some heightened Middle East tensions supported crude, and did offset a bearish U.S. weekly DOE storage report Thursday.

FORBES: P.M. Kitco Metals Roundup: Gold Ends Firmer on Bargain Hunting, Bullish Outside Market Forces

Meantime, Nymex crude oil prices were sharply higher Monday, on the Middle East tensions and on short covering.

FORBES: P.M. Kitco Metals Roundup: Gold Ends Solidly Higher on Bullish Outside Markets, Risk-On Trading Day