Abbas says Mideast deal possible in a year

US President Barack Obama (2nd R) walks in with Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak (L), Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (R) before making a statement on Middle East Peace talks in the East Room of the White House in Washington September 1, 2010. The fifth participant for the talks Jordan's King Abdullah II is not pictured.[Photo/Agencies]

Middle East peace talks leaders Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jordan's King Abdullah II and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak (L-R) sit in the East Room at the White House in Washington September 1, 2010.[Photo/Agencies]