Religious bodies in talks with Government
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Ground-breaking talks between the Government and religious bodies began in Dublin today.Comment
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Muslim diplomats were meeting Monday with Pope Benedict XVI in the pontiff's latest effort to mend relations after his remarks about Islam and violence ignited the Vatican's most serious international crisis in decades.
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Two of Northern Ireland's church leaders have expressed disappointment that talks aimed at restoring devolved government have ended without a deal.
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Leaders of the world's 77 million Anglicans on Thursday were to discuss the liberal stance on gays taken by the church's American wing, as concerns about gay priests and same-sex unions threaten to break apart the Christian denomination.
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ISLAMABAD, July 10  - Negotiations to an end a bloody standoff at a Pakistani mosque ran into deadlock on Tuesday after earlier speculation that a deal might be struck, the chief government negotiator said.
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TONY EASTLEY: In central Java today, one of the more unusual meetings for the year. The gathering, co-hosted by Australia&#39;s and Indonesia&#39;s foreign ministers brings together 14 religious leaders to sponsor peace and cooperation in our region.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 9 -- After saying for days that it would not negotiate with the radical cleric at the center of the Red Mosque siege, President Pervez Musharraf's government on Monday night sent a high-level delegation to the mosque's front gate for talks.
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The British and Irish Governments are considering tabling their own proposals to break the power-sharing deadlock.
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Foreign ministers from seven key Muslim states gathered in the Pakistani capital for talks on a new Islamic initiative to end the turmoil in the Middle East.
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The political parties and the British and Irish Governments are to meet at Stormont in an effort to conclude a deal which would see the restoration of the assembly.
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The British and Irish governments resumed intensive efforts to broker a compromise between Catholic and Protestant leaders to restore a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.
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The Iraqi government, according to its spokesman this weekend, has a vested interest in a peaceful settlement in Najaf. The spokesman might easily have added that among those with a similar interest may now
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A meeting with Muslim diplomats Monday was Pope Benedict XVI's latest effort to mend relations after remarks about Islam and violence that ignited the Vatican's most serious international crisis in decades.
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KUWAIT CITY -- Foreign Minister Franco Frattini of Italy appealed for a &quot;civilized dialogue&quot; between religions as he stood inside Kuwait's Grand Mosque at the start of a Middle East visit he hopes will help win the release of two Italian women kidnapped in Iraq.
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The Irish Republican Army has agreed to let two Catholic and Protestant church officials witness the outlawed group's next act of disarmament and describe it afterward, officials in the British and Irish governments indicated Tuesday.
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Leaders of Jewish, Christian and Muslim groups want to meet with President Bush to discuss a renewed role by the United States in Mideast peace initiatives.
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LEEDS CASTLE, England -- Northern Ireland's rival politicians face ''a moment of decision&quot; in their six-year struggle to forge a stable Catholic-Protestant government, Prime Minister Tony Blair declared yesterday as he launched a high-stakes round of talks.