Bush Calling for Stand On Peace: ; Address Before U.N. Asks Support for Moderate Governments in Mideast

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NEW YORK - President Bush is trying to persuade skeptical world leaders to embrace his vision for the Middle East in a speech before the United Nations today where he is calling on the world to "stand up for peace" in the face of violent extremism.

Bush's challenge is to build international support to confront multiple problems in the region: unabated violence in Iraq, a stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, armed Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Iran defiantly pursuing its nuclear program.

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Bush Calling for Stand On Peace: ; Address Before U.N. Asks Support for Moderate Governments in Mideast

The Iranian issue was at the top of the agenda for Bush's morning meeting with French President Jacques Chirac,...

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