Mubarak, Olmert to discuss truce

Mubarak, Olmert to discuss truce

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Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert travels to Egypt on Tuesday for talks with President Hosni Mubarak focused on the Gaza truce and Cairo's efforts to mediate a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas.

The meeting in the Red Sea resort town of Sharm Al Shaikh was announced by Olmert's office just hours after the Egyptian-mediated ceasefire in the Gaza Strip took hold last Thursday following months of bloodshed.

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