Israeli-Palestinian truce takes hold
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GAZA CITY -- Rocket fire from Gaza subsided yesterday after a daybreak cease-fire, raising hopes for an end to five months of bloody destruction and a new opening toward peace talks.
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Israel and the Palestinians agreed to a cease-fire Saturday to end a five-month Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip and the firing of rockets by Palestinian militants into the Jewish state &#151; a major step toward possibly reviving long-stalled peace talks.
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Israel says it will show "patience and restraint" after Palestinian rocket-fire threatens a fragile ceasefire.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas were making a new push Wednesday to restore a cease-fire with Israel that had collapsed under a barrage of Hamas rocket fire
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HEBRON, West Bank  - Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in the West Bank on Friday and Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket into the Jewish state, despite a partial truce declared by armed groups in the territory.
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Hamas and Fatah leaders said after talks on Friday they agreed to revive a ceasefire deal that fell apart after a day of fierce fighting.
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A US-brokered ceasefire halted fighting in western Afghanistan yesterday, ending five days of bloodshed that heightened anxieties in the run-up to October&#39;s presidential election.
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Israelis and Palestinians threatened Sunday to scrap a truce that has largely ended five months of Gaza violence, with Palestinian militants insisting it must also apply to the West Bank and Israeli leaders complaining that Gaza rocket squads are still active.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas  has secured an agreement with leading Palestinian militant  groups for a cease-fire of about a month in the Middle East  conflict, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Sunday.
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Israel orders troops to avoid "unnecessary friction" in the West Bank, as a truce in Gaza enters a second week.
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Palestinian militants resumed rocket and  mortar fire at Jewish settlements in Gaza on Tuesday, throwing  down the gauntlet to newly elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud  Abbas and his call for calm to talk peace with Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israeli-Palestinian talks  on security coordination scheduled after a ceasefire summit  meeting were postponed on Thursday because of a fresh outbreak  of violence, Palestinian officials said.
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Israel is examining a Hamas truce proposal delivered by Egypt, defense officials said Thursday after at least six Palestinians were killed in a day of Israeli air and ground strikes aimed at stopping rocket salvos from Gaza.
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Palestinian militants fired several rockets at Israel from Gaza on Sunday just hours after a ceasefire aimed at ending five months of bloodshed in the impoverished coastal strip took effect.
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A truce between Palestinian militants in Gaza and Israel took effect on Sunday, heralding a possible end to a wave of rocket attacks on the Jewish state and a halt to a five-month-old Israeli military offensive.
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* Israel seals off West Bank and Gaza Strip to prevent violence. Militant group Hamas vows to keep up attacks. * Israeli soldiers kill four Palestinians.
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A US-brokered cease-fire in western Afghanistan has held as warplanes and Afghan National Army units patrol a buffer zone between the warring factions.