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ROME: World powers converged Tuesday for Middle East crisis talks in Rome, struggling to halt the bloodshed in Lebanon and Israel but split over calls for an immediate ceasefire.

US Secretary of State Condeleezza Rice, expected here late Tuesday, has resisted calling for an immediate ceasefire

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