Abbas remarks on Israeli soldier clarified
JERUSALEM -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that intense negotiations were under way to free an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas-linked militants. However, a Palestinian lawmaker and a spokesman for the Hamas military denied that the soldier's release could be imminent.
Abbas, who spoke in Rome after meeting with Italian Premier Romano Prodi, initially was quoted by an official Arabic-to-Italian translator as saying there could be an "imminent solution" for the soldier's release.
An Associated Press translation found that quote was not correct.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Palestinians_Israeli_Soldier.htmlSoldier's release is not so imminent after all.