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Tue 01 Jan 2007Search for peace in Middle East more urgent than ever - AhernA comprehensive package to settle several Middle East crises is now more urgently needed than at any time over the past 60 years, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said.Speaking in Riyadh last night, Mr Ahern told an audience of leading figures in Saudi politics and business that the Middle East is "the biggest single threat to world peace".