No cease fire during talks with FARC: Colombian president
September 8th, 2012 - 1:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bogota, Sep 8 (IANS/EFE) Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has rejected calls by the FARC guerrilla group for an immediate truce once peace talks begin next month."There won't be any ... Read more...
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Israel calls for elections to replace Palestinian leader
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Aug 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has called on the Middle East Quartet to press for new elections in Palestine to remove incumbent Palestinian National ... Read more...
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Top militant leaders arrested in Assam
June 13th, 2012 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, June 13 (IANS) Two top leaders of separatist outfit Hmar People's Convention-Democrats (HPC-D) were arrested by Mizoram Police in southern Assam, officials said here Wednesday."Acting on a tip-off, the ... Read more...
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NATO won’t pay $5,000 per truck to Pakistan: Panetta
May 20th, 2012 - 6:02 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 20 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has ruled out paying Pakistan $5,000 for each truck carrying supplies via its territory for NATO troops in Afghanistan.In an ... Read more...
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Myanmar forms peace group to deal with ethnic insurgents
May 18th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, May 18 (IANS) A high-level peace group headed by President U Thein Sein has been formed in Myanmar to carry out peace negotiations with ethnic armed groups in the ... Read more...
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Security heightened in Mizoram amid violence fear
May 14th, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, May 14 (IANS) Security forces in Mizoram have stepped up vigil after an intelligence report indicated possible violence by the separatist outfit Hmar People's Convention-Democrats (HPC-D) in the northeastern ... Read more...
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U.S. program releases Afghan insurgents in exchange for peace pledges
May 7th, 2012 - 10:59 pm ICT by BNO News
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Hoping to build trust between fractious tribes and boosting peace negotiations with the Taliban, the United States has released as many as 20 high-level detainees from a ... Read more...
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Israel trying to thwart UN fact-finding mission on settlements
March 19th, 2012 - 11:25 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, March 19 (IANS) Israel is taking steps to prevent a Palestinian initiative at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to establish a fact-finding mission on West Bank settlements.According ... Read more...
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Israel should meet its obligations to revive peace: Abbas
December 31st, 2011 - 10:18 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, Dec 31 (IANS) Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that Israel should meet its obligations in order to restart the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace talks."Israel should halt settlement ... Read more...
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Security Council adopts statement on women in peace process
October 29th, 2011 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
United Nations, Oct 28 (IANS) The UN Security Council Friday adopted a presidential statement calling on the full participation of women in all stages of the peace process as they ... Read more...
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Palestinian UN bid not to be withdrawn even if talks resume: Abbas
October 11th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Oct 11 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said the Palestinian bid for a full United Nations membership won't be withdrawn even if peace talks with Israel are resumed, ... Read more...
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Israel to be generous in Palestine deal: Netanyahu
May 25th, 2011 - 8:28 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 25 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the US Congress that his country would be generous with the size of a future Palestinian state, and ... Read more...
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Israel rebuffs Obama’s 1967 borders call
May 20th, 2011 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected US President Barack Obama's call for Israel's 1967 borders to be taken as the starting point for ... Read more...
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82-year-old’s death on Everest can’t dampen ‘old’ climbers
May 10th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 10 (IANS) The death of an 82-year-old intrepid Nepali climber and veteran statesman on the slopes of Mt Everest has saddened the climbing community but not deterred other ... Read more...
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UN report says Palestinian Authority ready for statehood
April 12th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by BNO News
UNITED NATIONS (BNO NEWS) -- The Palestinian Authority is ready to govern a state, a United Nations report released on Tuesday said.The report "Palestinian State-building: A Decisive Period," which focuses on the ... Read more...
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Five Russian journalists set free by Libyan rebels
April 9th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, April 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) All five Russian journalists abducted Friday by Libyan rebels have been released, Komsomolskaya Pravda and the NTV news channel said on their websites.Two reporters from ... Read more...
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Talks with Mizoram rebel outfit hit roadblock
March 28th, 2011 - 2:06 pm ICT by IANS
Aizawl, March 28 (IANS) Peace talks between the Mizoram government and the separatist outfit Hmar People's Convention-Democrats (HPC-D) have run into rough weather, with the state declining a "foreign negotiator" ... Read more...
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Palin gives no reason for not visiting Palestinian occupied Bethlehem during Israel trip
March 22nd, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has not given any reason why she had skipped crossing an Israeli checkpoint to visit the Palestinian occupied territory of Bethlehem during ... Read more...
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Pak barrier over US, Afghanistan and Taliban peace negotiations to end Afghan war
March 17th, 2011 - 12:41 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Mar 17(ANI): The United States, the Afghan government and Taliban leaders have reportedly begun to take a hard look at what it would take to start negotiations to end the ... Read more...
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Maoist army passes into Nepal government control (Lead)
January 22nd, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 22 (IANS) Five years after they signed a peace accord and ended their decade-old armed insurrection, Nepal's Maoists Saturday began the process of formally handing over their guerrilla ... Read more...
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Nepal Maoists hand over guerrilla army to government
January 22nd, 2011 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 22 (IANS) Five years after they signed a peace accord and ended their decade-old armed insurrection, Nepal's Maoist party Saturday began the process of formally handing over their ... Read more...
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Last-minute deal averts crisis in Nepal
January 15th, 2011 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Jan 15 (IANS) A last-minute deal between the ruling parties and the opposition Maoists averted chaos and possible violence in Nepal as the UN readied to pull out from ... Read more...
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PM Netanyahu says U.S. rejected Israel’s freeze proposal
January 4th, 2011 - 3:02 am ICT by BNO News
JERUSALEM (BNO NEWS) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said that the U.S. government rejected Israel's proposal over the settlement freeze, local media reported.Netanyahu said that he agreed to the U.S. ... Read more...
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‘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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Nepal Maoists want UN to stay on till peace process ends
December 20th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, Dec 20 (IANS) With only 26 days left for the UN's direct role in Nepal's ailing peace process to end, the opposition Maoist party Monday said they would call ... Read more...
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India asks UN to do more against sexual violence
December 18th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by IANS
United Nations, Dec 18 (IANS) Advocating greater participation of women in the areas of conflict prevention, peace negotiations, peace keeping and post conflict reconstruction, India wants UN organs to do more against ... Read more...
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Taliban ‘commander’ negotiating peace with Afghan NATO chiefs was Pak ’shopkeeper’
November 24th, 2010 - 3:13 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Nov 24 (ANI): NATO chiefs in Afghanistan have been severely embarrassed after being let down by a Pakistani shopkeeper who disguised himself as a Taliban commander during secret peace negotiations, ... Read more...
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Clinton-Netanyahu Meeting Fails To Unblock Stalled Middle East Peace Negotiations
November 12th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
New York, Nov 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a lengthy meeting with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday but the talks between the ... Read more...
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PM Netanyahu says Israel “quite serious” on peace talks
November 12th, 2010 - 3:11 am ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday told U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that Israel is "quite serious" on resuming peace talks with the Palestinian Authority as ... Read more...
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Afghan peace talks only ‘informal’ so far due to shadowy Taliban leadership: Holbrooke
October 25th, 2010 - 2:53 pm ICT by ANI
Washington: Although there has been an upsurge in the number of high-level Taliban leaders showing interest in Afghan reconciliation process, the present talks are far from any formal negotiation due to ... Read more...
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Pak’s double game on Afghanistan could backfire on it: Experts
October 22nd, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Toronto, Oct. 22 (ANI): Even as Washington ratchets up pressure on Pakistan to play a positive role in any future peace negotiations, experts are wary of Pakistan playing a double game, ... Read more...
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Gaza violence overshadows Mideast peace talks
September 16th, 2010 - 6:01 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem/Gaza, Sep 15 (DPA) Israelis and Palestinians have begun tackling the "most difficult" core issues of their mutual conflict, the US said Wednesday, but the second round of direct peace negotiations ... Read more...
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Second day of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks begins
September 15th, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Sep 15 (DPA) A second day of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations began Wednesday with a meeting between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem.
Clinton was slated ... Read more...
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Israeli government discusses peace talks progress
September 5th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, Sep 5 (DPA) The Israeli cabinet was summoned Sunday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to consult about the most recent round of direct peace talks with the Palestinian, reported Israeli media.
At ... Read more...
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Israeli settlers legitimate targets: Hamas
September 4th, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
London/Jerusalem, Sep 4 (DPA) A Hamas official Saturday said hurting Israeli settlers in the West Bank was a "natural thing" as they are armed and constitute the first reserve military force of ... Read more...
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