Kerry meets Netanyahu again in an effort to revive peace talks
 

* Kerry heads back to Europe after flurry of meetings * Deal to free Israeli spy could lead to talk extension * ** word of any immediate breakthrough By Lesley Wroughton JERUSALEM, April 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the second time in less than 12 hours on Tuesday in an effort salvage stalled peace talks with the Palestinians. There was ** immediate word of any breakthrough and a Palestinian official said Kerry might return to the region once more late Wednesday to see Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The negotiations appeared on the brink of collapse at the weekend, when Israel failed to press ahead with a promised release of several dozen Palestinian prisoners. Israel wanted assurances the Palestinians would **t abandon the talks, aimed at ending the generations-old Middle East conflict, when an initial deadline for an accord expires on April 29.

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