Mediators hopeful on deal to end Lebanon fighting
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Palestinian mediators are hopeful a deal will be reached soon to end a month of fighting between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a refugee camp, political sources said on Tuesday.
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Palestinian leaders on Monday tried to end a bloody standoff between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants holed up in a refugee camp - the battleground for Lebanon's worst fighting since the civil war.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair said he believes both Israelis and Palestinians want peace and a deal can be brokered by the end of this year.
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The head of the Arab League reported progress Thursday in his mediation to resolve Lebanon's political crisis, but he said more talks are needed.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - An uneasy calm settled over a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Friday after the Lebanese army and Islamist militants declared a truce in 33 days of fighting in which 172 people were killed.
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A Sudanese envoy will hold talks on Monday with Lebanese leaders on an Arab League proposal to resolve Lebanon's political crisis after a show of force by the Hezbollah-led opposition.
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Israel's air and sea blockade of Lebanon is about to be lifted, more than three weeks after fighting ended.
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The United Nations, United States, European Union and Russia expressed hope Friday that a Palestinian accord on sharing power in a coalition government would end months of deadly factional violence.
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Developments Tuesday in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon:
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Middle East mediators held talks on  Tuesday that could clear the way for the appointment of Tony  Blair as their envoy to try to revive peace prospects after  Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip.
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The Lebanese army's insistence on the surrender of the leaders of a militant group holed up at a Palestinian camp is complicating efforts to mediate an end to fighting there, a Palestinian political source said on Thursday.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials are  trying to work out a deal to end Israel's biggest Gaza  offensive in four years of conflict in return for stopping  rocket fire into the Jewish state, security sources said.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Two relief workers were killed and a Palestinian mediator was wounded in fierce fighting on Monday between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp.
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A U.S.-backed diplomatic pact to end more than a month of war between Israel and Islamic militants in Lebanon may stop the worst of the killing and retire the daily television images of burning buildings and suffocated children.
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The Arab League won vital Syrian support on Monday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's government and a Hezbollah-led opposition, but the opposing parties said a deal still looked elusive.
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The Quartet of Middle East peace   mediators were prepared to endorse Palestinian President   Mahmoud Abbas' effort to form a national unity government on   Wednesday although its platform is still unclear, diplomats   said.
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UN chief Kofi Annan is to help mediate in negotiations to free two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah.