French President Nicolas Sarkozy has also tried to re-ignite the peace process, holding discussions in recent days with Israeli, Syrian and Palestinian leaders.

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"Hopefully,some of these steps will re-establish some of the security that has slipped away in recent years.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

"Considering the recent Russian attempts to re-write history, for example by suggesting Polish complicity in German aggression, we could expect Russians to publish their own estimates of Soviet war victims shortly,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.01

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But Mr Bush's approval rating is only around 50%, considerably lower than that of any recent re-elected president.

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The markets seem likely to re-test recent lows, and if key technical levels are broken, an explosion in selling is possible.

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