‘Taliban wants peace negotiations without Pak interference or agenda set by it’
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 23 (ANI): Noted Taliban analyst Ahmed Rashid has claimed that the insurgent group wants peace negotiations without the interference of Pakistan or in accordance to an agenda set by ... Read more...
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TAPI pipeline to India could be pipedream: Pakistani daily
December 15th, 2010 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 15 (IANS) The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline "could remain a pipedream for years", a leading Pakistani daily said Wednesday while admitting that it was "a good project - on paper".An ... Read more...
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Israel to offer “extensive and tempting” withdrawal plan to Palestine
August 15th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug 15 (ANI): In an attempt to spread peace, Israel is preparing an "extensive and tempting" withdrawal plan to give up 90 percent of the West Bank and evacuate 50,000 ... Read more...
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Donors’ conference for Darfur begins in Cairo
March 21st, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 21 (DPA) International donors gathered in Cairo Sunday for a conference to raise $2 billion in aid for the western Sudanese province of Darfur that has been battered by seven ... Read more...
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Netanyahu prefers final accord with Palestine
November 20th, 2009 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Nov. 20 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will seek a final-peace accord with the Palestine Authority if talks resume, and not an interim solution.In recent days, there have been ... Read more...
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Israel warns of unilateral steps if Palestine moves to UN
November 16th, 2009 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Jerusalem, Nov. 16 (ANI): Israel has said it will take unilateral steps if the Palestinian Authority (PA) leaves the peace talks midway and moves to the UN to endorse it as an ... Read more...
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Terrorism thwarted India’s most dynamic phase with Pakistan: PM
October 28th, 2009 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Anantnag(Jammu & Kashmir), Oct 28 (IANS) The most productive and fruitful association with Pakistan was during 2004-07 when "militancy and violence began to decline," Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday, but ... Read more...
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US settlement freeze demand unreasonable, says Netanyahu
June 1st, 2009 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, June 1 (DPA) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday called US President Barack Obama's demand for an absolute freeze on settlement construction in the occupied West Bank "unreasonable".
Israel "will not ... Read more...
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Uganda begins withdrawing troops from Congo
March 15th, 2009 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kampala, March 15 (DPA) Uganda began withdrawing its troops from northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior Ugandan army official said Sunday.
"The process of bringing them back starts today. They are being ... Read more...
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Philippine rebels cleared off occupied towns: Army
August 13th, 2008 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Xinhua
Manila, Aug 13 (Xinhua) The Philippine army Wednesday claimed to have flushed out some 500 Muslim rebels from towns in the south after three days of shelling. The government troops have virtually ... Read more...
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Time limited for Mideast peace deal : US
May 2nd, 2008 - 2:21 pm ICT by admin
DPA
London, May 2 (DPA) US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned that Israel and the Palestinians do not have unlimited time to achieve a peace deal and the expansion of Israeli settlements ... Read more...
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Ugandan rebels delay peace deal signing to end 20-year war
April 1st, 2008 - 11:25 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Kampala (Uganda), April 1 (DPA) The leader of Uganda's notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has set April 10 as the new date to sign a peace treaty that would bring an end ... Read more...
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Rice promises to monitor Israeli steps
March 31st, 2008 - 12:09 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Jerusalem, March 31 (Xinhua) Visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice promised Sunday to monitor Israel's activities in the West Bank to verify if it was taking meaningful steps to improve the ... Read more...
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Uganda prepares to sign final agreement to end 20-year war
March 22nd, 2008 - 9:47 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Kampala, March 22 (DPA) Uganda will resume talks with the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) guerrillas Monday to fine-tune the draft peace treaty, officials said Saturday and emphasised that the deadline was March ... Read more...
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Uganda signs ceasefire with rebels
February 24th, 2008 - 1:21 am ICT by admin
DPA
Kampala, Feb 23 (DPA) The Ugandan government Saturday signed a "permanent" ceasefire agreement with Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebels as the two sides moved closer to a final agreement. Military officials in ... Read more...
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