peace envoy George Mitchell and will possibly have other meetings," the Israeli official said in a statement. Barack Obama. Middle East envoy George Mitchell, an Israeli official said on Friday Barack ObamaThe meeting between Barak and Mitchell, U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, will be their second in a few days after they held meetings in New York on Tuesday."Defense Minister Barak will leave on Sunday night for a meeting on Monday with U.S. So far, little has changed," said HRW's Schaaf.(Reporting by Amie Ferris-Rotman) Barack Obama Russia. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak will fly to London on Sunday for a meeting with U.S.

Most changes will come into force on August 1, with some on January 1, 2010.The changes will restrict the bulk of paperwork state structures are allowed to demand from NGOs and will mean NGOs will be inspected once every three years instead of annually. It shows that the government does not want to go forward and it still has an interest in having control," Dzhibladze added.Medvedev has carefully cultivated an image as a liberal since his election, though analysts say he has made very few substantive changes so far. Some believe he is little more than a figurehead installed to appease the West with promises of liberalism and change that are unlikely to materialize."Medvedev has said he is going to make it easier for life and civil society in Russia. Rights groups criticized them for being laden with unnecessary paperwork and for enabling the authorities to close down the organizations.The amendments to the laws were approved by a wide margin in the lower house of parliament, the Duma, on Friday.

The move was applauded by human rights activists, who said that the reforms cover only a third of NGOs and a lot more remains to be done to improve Russia's human rights record. President Barack Obama, in the first major move to strengthen civil society since President Dmitry Medvedev took office. SOURCESabCo, Inc.Ronald Huggins, MS, MPH, Ph.D., CIH, CIAQ of SabCo, Inc., +1-561-626-9993,. MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin eased some restrictions on Russian NGOs on Friday ahead of a visit by U.S.