Meeting in drive to ban cluster bombs starts in Oslo
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Silhouettes, representing the 2,982 children confirmed killed by by cluster bombs, crowd a snowy square outside the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, on Wednesday.Comment
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The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency began a series of meetings yesterday in Vienna. The meetings, set to continue until the end of the week, will focus on Iran&#39;s nuclear program.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet on Tuesday to try to halt more than four years of bloodshed and take a new step toward ending decades of conflict in the Middle East.
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Israeli-Palestinian talks on security coordination scheduled after a ceasefire summit meeting were postponed on Thursday because of a fresh outbreak of violence, Palestinian officials said.
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Norway's peace envoy began a fresh bid on Monday to arrange crunch talks between the Tamil Tigers and Sri Lanka's government to halt renewed violence, as sporadic shelling continued in the island's besieged north.
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Leaders of Palestinian Islamic militant  factions are in Cairo for cease-fire talks with the Egyptians,  days before Egypt is to host an Israeli-Palestinian summit,  officials from the groups said in Gaza on Wednesday.
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Israel&#39;s opposition Labour party began talks with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party yesterday about joining its coalition - a partnership aimed at promoting a military withdrawal from Gaza.
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A group of Palestinian politicians and intellectuals urges officials not to meet UK PM Tony Blair during an expected trip to the region.
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Israeli government officials were meeting here on Tuesday afternoon with the representatives of Histadrut labor federation in efforts to bring an end to a nationwide strike which started Tuesday morning.
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International Development Minister Erik Solheim is on Monday hosting a meeting of Sri Lanka Co-Chairs in Oslo, to assess the current situation in the Sri Lankan peace process. via The Norway Post
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Israeli and Palestinian officials have started negotiations in order to reach an agreement to stop the major Israeli offensive in Gaza in return for stopping fighters from firing rockets into the Jewish state, Israeli sources said Tuesday.
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Palestinian security patrols began Sunday in Gaza after a meeting between officials aiming to keep peace and national unity while Yasser Arafat is in a hospital.
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Palestinian mainstream Fatah movement factions are expected to hold meetings starting Sunday to discuss issues concerning the coming presidential elections.
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Police officials from around the world began a weeklong meeting Tuesday in this resort aimed at finding ways to hunt down international terrorists.
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A leader of one of Norway's most respected Islamic groups defended the use of suicide bombings in certain cases and stirred a debate Wednesday in this Nordic country that sees itself as a beacon of peace and nonviolence.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinian leaders drew up plans at a series of meetings Sunday in a bid to prevent an outbreak of violence and ensure a smooth transfer of power in the event of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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Israel&#39;s opposition Labour party began talks on Saturday with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party on joining his coalition, a partnership aimed at promoting a planned Gaza withdrawal.