In this photo provided by the United Nations, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, center, confers with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, and Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh prior to a meeting of the Group of Arab States to discuss the situation in Gaza Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009 at UN headquarters in New York. (AP Photo/UN Photo, Evan Schneider) From Yahoo News/AP:
UNITED NATIONS – Arab nations decided Thursday to put aside their proposed U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and negotiate on a rival text put forward by Britain and backed by the United States and France, diplomats said.
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa told reporters after several rounds of talks on the Western-backed text that Arab nations were still pushing for a council vote on a resolution later in the day.
The wrangling came on the third day of an emergency council session demanded by the Arabs to try to end the fighting in Gaza.
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