Kerry backs "2-nation" solution for Mideast

PARIS - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is defending an international call for renewed efforts at Mideast peace.Kerry, speaking to reporters after taking part in a peace conference Sunday in Paris, rejected Israeli criticism of the meeting, saying the concept of a two-state solution to the conflict is "threatened" and must be reinforced if it is ever to happen. The conference's final communique, he said, endorses a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians without imposing a resoluti