1 issue holds up peace accord
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Way to verify IRA&#39;s decommissioning of arms is last obstacle to deal on N. Ireland. By Tod Robberson. LONDON -- Northern Ireland&#39;s feuding leaders came close but ultimately failed to reach a peace agreement
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Sudanese government and rebel negotiators have resolved differences that delayed the signing of a permanent cease-fire deal and
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Rival Palestinian factions drew close to an agreement Thursday over the outlines of a power-sharing government in which the militant Hamas group would promise to "respect" peace deals signed with Israel
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Peace gestures gain momentum, but Sharon and Abbas must still face hard-line opposition groups.
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Analysis: Why there's little grounds for optimism that Tony Blair, Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas can restart the Israeli-Palestinian peace process
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NAIROBI  - A final peace deal to end 21 years of conflict in southern Sudan could be clinched at the end of the month in line with a pledge by Khartoum and the main southern rebel group, officials said.
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Arafat&#39;s death raises hopes for a new push for peace. But much depends on who takes charge and how the US responds. Just a few months after Israeli and Palestinian leaders signed the Oslo peace accord in 1993
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LEEDS CASTLE, England Northern Ireland&#39;s feuding parties reported some progress Friday toward a lasting peace solution for the British province but were pessimistic about striking a deal.
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The countryâs rival political parties have agreed on a few minor issues, but the big problems that were supposed to be solved by now seem as nettlesome as ever.
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The White House is split on how long to exercise patience without jeopardizing the fulfillment of an agreement.
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BELFAST, Northern Ireland  - A major push to seal  a political settlement for the turbulent British province of  Northern Ireland stalled at the last moment Wednesday over  demands for photographic evidence of IRA guerrillas scrapping  their arms.
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In our Notebook: Africa blog: the hardest part of implementing the new peace agreement is in identities.
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Palestinian factions agreed to stop violence and Israel said it would halt its military operations, but it was not clear if the deal would take effect and hold.
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The two main political parties in Israel have hit a stumbling block in negotiations on forming a government of national unity. A deal was expected to be finalised yesterday between Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party and the opposition Labour party.
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âThe Israeli-Egyptian-US qualifying industrial zone agreement creates a basis for stable relations between Israel and Egypt. It will weather diplomatically difficult periods,â Minister of Industry, Trade
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Unprecedented IRA disarmament is in the balance over a refusal by Ian Paisley&#39;s Democratic Unionists to compromise at the Northern Ireland peace talks.
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Disagreement over creation of a no-fly zone in Sudan&#39;s troubled Darfur region stalled the signing of a security accord between the government and rebels, who met for another day of talks Friday in Nigeria&#39;s capital.