Earlier Middle East ceasefire may have held: minister
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British Foreign Minister Kim Howells accepted that an earlier ceasefire in the Israel-Lebanon conflict may have &quot;worked,&quot; contrary to Prime Minister Tony Blair's approach.
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A former Palestinian security minister who could be key to keeping order among rival factions in Gaza after an Israeli pullout held a fence-mending meeting on Monday with President Yasser Arafat, officials said.
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Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz says Palestinian militants groups have agreed to a truce.
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Iraqi minister says Shia militia could have been behind abductions from government building.
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(Baghdad, Iraq-AP, Sept. 5, 2004 7:20 PM) ) Iraq&#39;s defense minister is casting doubt on the reported capture of Saddam Hussein&#39;s former right-hand man.
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A cease-fire aimed at halting months of deadly internal Palestinian violence held on its first day, but underlying tensions cast doubt on the future of the stand-down.
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European Union foreign ministers were set to push on Friday for a revival of the Middle East peace process and discuss how the bloc could play a greater role in peace-brokering moves.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the militant group Hezbollah must be disarmed if the UN-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon was to work.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel told the army to do whatever was needed to end Palestinian rocket, mortar, and bomb attacks, and the government dismissed a call yesterday by the Palestinian leadership for a halt to militant violence, hours before Palestinians said Israeli tank fire had killed a 28-year-old man and his mother in the Gaza Strip.
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The UK can play a "key role" in helping Israel and the Palestinians achieve peace, Israel's foreign minister says.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today won an assurance from Palestinian leaders that they would act to halt the violence against Israelis amid renewed efforts to restart the Middle East peace process.
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LONDON: Talk about a Middle East peace conference in London early next year is &quot;premature,&quot; a spokesman for British Prime Minister Tony Blair said last night.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair will visit Lebanon on Monday as part of a Middle East tour to discuss the UN-brokered truce between Israel and the Shiite militant group Hezbollah.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has put off a planned visit to Egypt this week because it would have coincided with the anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, officials said here.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon apparently has softened his stance that Palestinians must crack down on militants before he will restart peace talks, but Palestinian leaders on Friday said Sharon should go further and drop all
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On the fourth anniversary of the Palestinian uprising, Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia urged Palestinians and Israelis to reassess strategies they have adopted during the grinding conflict.
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A UK minister says the definition of a war crime needs to be revised after Israel's invasion of Lebanon.