Freedom 'best hope for peace'
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Bush echoed Wilsonian themes in an address that linked US security to the global spread of freedom, and even his domestic policies to freedom.
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A senior Palestinian official said on Saturday that a military operation to free kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston would be justified if peaceful means fail.
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Palestinian refugees yesterday got their first close look at their top political leaders in 22 years, winning reassurances that the right to return home -- a key sticking point through years of peace negotiations with Israel -- will not be abandoned.
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Appeals from Ireland and Britain for Iraq hostage Ken Bigley encourage hopes he will be freed, the Irish foreign minister has said.
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UK News, LONDON, Is there hope in the Middle East in the aftermath of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, or will the optimistic noises now being made fizzle out into the usual confrontation?
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon says 2005 offers a historic opportunity for peace with the Palestinians.
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The British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said that peace in the Middle East is the most important political issue in the world today.
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Rebel Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will remain a free man after he agreed a peace deal to end an uprising in the holy city of Najaf, Minister of State Kasim Daoud told a news conference early Friday.
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There is fresh hope of a breakthrough in Northern Ireland after Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said the IRA would relinquish its arms if a new peace deal could be brokered.
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KATHMANDU: Nepalâs ruling coalition expressed hope on Wednesday for peace talks to end eight years of war as the capital returned to normal after Maoist rebels who control much of the countryside lifted a blockade.
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The power of liberty has been demonstrated again, in the arid valleys of Afghanistan, where millions have defied terrorist threats and turned out in droves for the nation&#39;s first free and fair election.
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Peace building around the world is to be the theme of a speech by UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in Londonderry.
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"There's no greater joy than sitting on the beach without any clothes on"  George W. Bush has often expressed his admiration for the yearning for freedom in Communist East Germany that led to the collapse of the Berlin Wall on his father's watch 18 years ago. via Reuters UK
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UNITED NATIONS - George Bush presented international leaders yesterday with his vision of a world made safe by democracy, and said the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were just initial steps in the spread of liberty.
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(IFM) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak described Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Thursday as the Palestinians&#39; best chance for peace, HaâAretz reported.
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Tony Blair gives an optimistic assessment that a peace agreement in the Middle East is within reach.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie  said Saturday Palestinians should halt armed violence only if  there was a credible peace process with Israel leading toward a  viable Palestinian state.