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US President George Bush has warned Israel that there can be "no expansion" of illegal settlements under the US-backed road map to Middle East peace. Bush was reacting to a question about an Israeli plan to expand the Maale Adumim settlement outside Jerusalem, which has angered Palestinian leaders who warn it could derail peace talks. "Our position is very clear, that the road map is important, and the road map calls for no expansion of the settlements," Bush said six days before a summit at his Texas ranch with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. |