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It's the season for peace talks in the Middle East, as the region watches the clock and waits for the departure of the Bush administration. Some of what's going on is real, some of it is illusion, but to a student of diplomatic intrigue, all of it is interesting. So here's a brief guide to the Syrian and Iranian negotiating tracks:

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