Diplomats, politicians and - oh, no - press (Baltimore Sun)

[GreatAmerican]

<p>Journalists from 70 nations cover talks</p>

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About 800 journalists from an estimated 70 countries will be converging on Annapolis for today’s Middle East conference.</p>

<p>While many regard the conference with a jaundiced eye, few appear ready to write off the one-day gathering altogether.</p>

<p>“We’re treating this as a major event, giving it at least four pages in Tuesday’s edition and possibly more in Wednesday’s paper,” Amir Mizroch, news editor for The Jerusalem Post, wrote in an e-mail from Jerusalem yesterday. “It’s the first meeting of its kind in quite a while, and the fact that Israelis will be in the same room as Syrians and Saudis is important.”…

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