U.S. Tries to Breathe Life Back Into Mideast Talks.

WASHINGTON -- With the deadline for a potentially deal-breaking decision on Jewish settlements looming on Sunday, American diplomats shuttled furiously between Israeli and Palestinian officials at the United Nations to prevent the peace talks from collapsing. But there was no sign of a breakthrough after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met Friday evening with the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]