BEING a Middle East peace envoy is a thankless task.

做一个中东和平使者是一项不讨好的任务。

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He is likely to name a Middle East peace envoy soon.

他有可能很快命令一名中东和平特使。

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During a four-day peace mission last week to Jerusalem and the West Bank, U.S. envoy George Mitchell tried to persuade Mr. Netanyahu to extend the construction freeze, but to no avail.

美国中东问题特使米切尔上星期在耶路撒冷和约旦河西岸进行为期四天的和平使命中，试图说服内塔尼亚胡延长定居点建设冻结令，但他的努力没有成功。

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There had been speculation during Mr final presidential visit to Ireland in December that he might act as a peace envoy on leaving office in a bid to safeguard the agreement.

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He himself was injured in 2011, when the man in charge of peace talks - the former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani - was killed by a suicide bomber disguised as a Taliban peace envoy.

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Former prime minister Tony Blair, who is now a Middle East peace envoy, was commended for "making an important contribution to Palestinian economic and institutional development".

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