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The Israeli and Palestinian leaders discussed the broad outlines of Palestinian statehood for the first time in six years in a Sunday meeting that both sides called a small step toward breaking the paralysis in peacemaking.

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    April 15, 2007, 2:28 p.m.

    In the first in a series of biweekly talks, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spent most of their time discussing day-to-day issues such as travel and trade restrictions.

    But it was also the first time since the collapse of peace talks in 2001 that Israeli and Palestinian leaders raised broader issues.

    "It was a good beginning," Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said of the two-hour meeting.

    "We're not going to be talking about the core issues of the final status at this stage, certainly not with the issue of terrorism not being addressed adequately yet,"

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