France, US in intensive talks on Middle East text
France and the United States conducted intensive negotiations on Thursday on a draft U.N. resolution seeking an end to the fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hizbollah, but no deal was reached yet. U.S. Ambassador John Bolton, after more than three hours of talks with France’s U.N. Ambassador Jean-Marc de la Sabliere, told reporters differences had been narrowed but “we have certainly not reached agreement.” Full Story