Afghan president to hold talks with Taliban
January 30th, 2012 - 2:37 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Afghan President Hamid Karzai has plans to hold a meet with the Taliban in Saudi Arabia to restart peace talks, a media report said.The ... Read more...
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50 militants surrender in Afghanistan
January 29th, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 29 (IANS) Fifty militants from the Hezb-i-Islami outfit have surrendered to the Afghan government, Xinhua reported.The militants surrendered in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of the northern province of Baghlan ... Read more...
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Peace Accord with Black Widow rebel faction soon: Chidambaram
January 24th, 2012 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 24 (IANS) Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday hinted that the government is planning to sign a peace accord with the Dima Halam Daogah faction of rebels ... Read more...
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700 militants surrender arms in Assam (Lead)
January 24th, 2012 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 24 (IANS) From guns to roses, life turned full circle for close to 700 militants from nine separatist groups in Assam Tuesday when they laid down arms ... Read more...
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700 militants surrender arms in Assam
January 24th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 24 (IANS) From guns to roses, life for close to 700 militants from nine separatist groups in Assam turned full circle Tuesday when they laid down arms ... Read more...
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Over 500 Assam militants to surrender Tuesday
January 23rd, 2012 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 23 (IANS) One of northeast India's biggest surrender ceremonies is taking place Tuesday in Assam with an estimated 500 militants from nine different separatist groups of the ... Read more...
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Assam ups security after ULFA’s R-Day boycott call
January 23rd, 2012 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Jan 23 (IANS) Security arrangements across Assam have been intensified to thwart a possible attack by the anti-talk faction of the banned United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) led ... Read more...
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US to continue supporting Afghan peace process: Envoy
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:42 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 23 (IANS) US special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman has said Washington would continue to support the Afghan peace process."The ultimate goal of our efforts ... Read more...
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Abbas pledges to continue peace talks with Israel
January 23rd, 2012 - 9:02 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Palestinian authorities are ready to continue peace talks with Israel, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said."We'll continue the dialogue and we'll continue the talks because ... Read more...
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Nine dead in Pakistan suicide bombing (Lead)
January 14th, 2012 - 9:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 14 (IANS) At least nine people, including two policemen and three suicide bombers, were killed Saturday when militants attacked a police office in northwestern Pakistan. Interior Minister ... Read more...
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Mullah Omar talking peace with US
January 6th, 2012 - 2:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 6 (IANS) The elusive Afghan Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, who had called on his warriors last November to continue the war against NATO-led forces in ... 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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Taliban must have an authorised negotiator: Karzai
December 19th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 19 (IANS) The Afghan government cannot hold peace talks with the Taliban until the terror outfit identifies a representative with the authority to negotiate, President Hamid Karzai ... Read more...
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No objection if Taliban opens office: Minister
December 18th, 2011 - 10:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Dec 18 (IANS) Afghan Foreign Affairs Minister Zalmai Rasoul has said the government will not object to the Taliban opening an office in the country or abroad for ... Read more...
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India urges Israel, Palestine to resume direct talks
December 15th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS) Reiterating its support for the creation of an independent state of Palestine, India Thursday called for the resumption of direct talks between Palestine and Israel ... Read more...
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Growing US-Pakistan tension worries Kashmiris (Kashmir Newsletter)
December 3rd, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Dec 3 (IANS) In the wake of the NATO attacks in Pakistan that killed 28 soldiers, the common man in the Kashmir Valley is worried about the region's ... Read more...
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Karzai leaves for Bonn meet
December 2nd, 2011 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Dec 2 (IANS) Afghan President Hamid Karzai left for Germany Friday to attend an international conference on the security situation and the future of his country, a statement ... Read more...
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Bengal interlocutors step aside from peace process
November 28th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Four Days after top Maoist commander Kishenji was killed by the security forces, the West Bengal government-appointed interlocutors Monday stepped aside from the peace dialogue ... Read more...
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Agnivesh demands judicial probe into Kishenji killing
November 26th, 2011 - 7:29 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Nov 26 (IANS) Social worker Swami Agnivesh Saturday demanded judicial probe into the killing of top Maoist leader Kishenji in a gun battle in West Bengal jungle."We ... Read more...
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Kishanji’s death big loss but movement will continue: Varavara Rao
November 25th, 2011 - 12:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 25 (IANS) Describing the death of top Maoist leader Kishanji as a "big loss" for the left wing rebels, Maoist ideologue P. Varvara Rao said the movement will ... Read more...
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Pakistani Taliban hold peace talks
November 23rd, 2011 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 23 (IANS) The Pakistani Taliban, responsible for a string of terror attacks across the country, have said they have held initial peace talks with the government, but ... Read more...
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ULFA splits into talk and anti-talk factions
November 20th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 20 (IANS) The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has suffered a vertical split with the hardline faction led by its elusive commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah Sunday ... Read more...
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Peace initiative to continue, say Bengal interlocutors
November 19th, 2011 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 19 (IANS) Interlocutors appointed by the West Bengal government to broker peace with Maoists Saturday said they will continue the peace initiative at the request of Chief ... Read more...
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NSCN status sparks row in India’s northeast
November 18th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Nov 18 (IANS) Governments of Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh have urged New Delhi to clarify plans to offer a 'supra-state body' to the National Socialist Council of Nagaland ... Read more...
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Maoists end ceasefire; Mamata says joint forces operation on
November 15th, 2011 - 12:55 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 14 (IANS) Within hours of the Maoists calling off the ceasefire, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday announced that the joint forces operation against the rebels ... Read more...
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Curfew clamped in northwest Pakistan
November 13th, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 13 (IANS) Curfew was clamped Sunday in various parts of Pakistan's northwest tribal region for an indefinite period after a top militant commander said his group was abandoning ... Read more...
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Israel declines to accept Palestine’s Unesco membership
November 1st, 2011 - 4:51 am ICT by IANS
Tel Aviv, Nov 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Israel has refused to accept Unesco's decision to grant full membership to the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and threatened retaliatory measures.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry ... Read more...
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Talks with ULFA constructive: Home secretary
October 31st, 2011 - 9:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) The government Monday described as "constructive" the formal peace talks it has launched with outlawed group United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).Home Secretary R.K. ... Read more...
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Maoists demand Mamata’s written commitment on talks
October 29th, 2011 - 11:29 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 29 (IANS) Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being unwilling for talks, the Maoists have demanded a written commitment from the government on peace initiatives."Going ... Read more...
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ULFA demands constitutional amendment at talks
October 25th, 2011 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IANS) A charter of demands of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), which includes constitutional amendments to provide Assam greater control over its ... Read more...
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Pakistan to create immigration system along Afghan border
October 20th, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 19 (IANS) Pakistan will put in place an immigration system along its border with Afghanistan to check illegal cross-border movement, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Wednesday.The system ... Read more...
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Fulfil promise of withdrawing forces, Mahasweta urges Mamata
October 18th, 2011 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 18 (IANS) Magsaysay Award winning writer and activist Mahasweta Devi Tuesday reiterated her demand of removal of joint forces from West Bengal's Maoist-affected areas, asking Chief Minister ... Read more...
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Abandon new settlement plans, Russia urges Israel
October 17th, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Oct 17 (IANS) Moscow is deeply concerned over Israel's new settlement plans in East Jerusalem and has called on Tel Aviv to abandon them, the Russian foreign ministry said ... Read more...
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Two Kerala CPI-M legislators suspended amid bedlam
October 17th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 17 (IANS) Amid pandemonium created by the Left opposition, Kerala Speaker G. Karthikeyan Monday suspended two first-time Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) members for two days for unruly ... Read more...
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Maoist sympathisers doubt Mamata’s commitment to peace talks
October 15th, 2011 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 15 (IANS) Maoist sympathisers and pro-ultra activists Saturday scoffed at the seven-day ultimatum West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has given to the Left-wing extremists to choose ... Read more...
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