Friday not a deadline for peace deal
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The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said tonight that he hoped agreement could be reached before Friday in Northern Ireland's power-sharing impasse, but denied it was a final deadline.
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Talks between Iran and the European Union on a package of incentives designed to defuse the standoff over Tehran&#039;s atomic program will not be held as scheduled on Wednesday, an Iranian official said.
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The Iraqi government has given Shiite militiamen five days to hand in weapons under a weekend peace agreement. National Security Adviser Kassim Daoud said the Iraqi interim government will commit more than
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A senior U.S. official said on Wednesday deals should not be done with hostage-takers ahead of the latest deadline set by Afghan Islamic militants who have threatened to kill three kidnapped U.N. workers.
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DUBLIN/BELFAST  - One week before top-level talks  to salvage a deal for sharing power between Catholics and  Protestants in Northern Ireland, there is still no framework  for accord, the leader of the main Catholic party said  Wednesday.
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Efforts to secure a lasting peace settlement in Northern Ireland were continuing late on Tuesday night as London increased public pressure on republicans and loyalists to settle their differences.
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Peace talks on the Darfur conflict are due to resume on Thursday, despite delegates being delayed en route.
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Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas said they need more time and will not announce a line-up of ministers for a unity government as planned on Friday.
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opposition to promise to complete by December 31 a comprehensive peace agreement ending a 21-year civil war. Security Council would put pressure on both sides to wrap up the accord.
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Envoys seeking to end North Korea&#39;s  nuclear arms ambitions decided to extend talks into Friday as  they tried to reach agreement on a deadline for disabling the  North&#39;s atomic facilities.
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The agreement is the most serious effort to end the fighting in Gaza, but it is not clear whether it will take effect and hold.
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Parties have not yet reached consensus on crucial issue of a political settlement, Kofi Annan says.
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Corrects to make clear that U.N. Security Council did not meet on Thursday, paragraph 5
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Peace talks aimed at ending a 22-month-old crisis in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region, scheduled for Friday in Nigerian capital Abuja, has been postponed for a day, a spokesman for the African Union said.
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Forecasts of speeded up demilitarisation would delay chances of a political deal, Ian Paisley says.
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Analysis: Israel wants Egypt to reseal the border. But to do that Egypt needs agreement with both Hamas and President Abbas -- and the Palestinians aren't talking to each other
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Iraq today ruled out concessions to kidnappers threatening to murder British hostage Kenneth Bigley and two American colleagues within 24 hours.