Consensus at talks 'difficult'
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NI Secretary Paul Murphy says it will be difficult for the political parties to agree on a way to restore devolution.
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Iraqi Sunni and Shiite delegates made progress at secret peace talks in Finland, negotiators said Tuesday, cautioning that their Northern Ireland-inspired agreement would have to be endorsed by top leaders in Baghdad to have any chance of succeeding.
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DUBLIN/BELFAST  - One week before top-level talks  to salvage a deal for sharing power between Catholics and  Protestants in Northern Ireland, there is still no framework  for accord, the leader of the main Catholic party said  Wednesday.
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TEHERAN - The third round of nuclear talks with Iran and the European Union trio of Britain, France and Germany will be &quot;tough and complicated&quot;, an Iranian spokesman said Friday.
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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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Divisions over how to fight global warming threatened Thursday to overshadow a summit meeting aimed at making the European Union the world leader in the battle against climate change.Comment
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Despite a positive mood at international talks on climate change, key nations were still dragging their feet, writes Roger Harrabin.
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Germany's Angela Merkel faces difficult G8 talks amid rows over missile defence and climate change goals.
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The debate is so politically loaded that it's tough to tell who's being straight about the real areas of progress and how breakthroughs can be achieved. TIME sorts it out
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The world's major powers are struggling to reach agreement on new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment with the U.S. and Europe pushing for tougher measures than Russia and China will accept, council diplomats said Wednesday.
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The British and Irish prime ministers struggled to break an apparent deadlock in talks aimed at sealing a final peace settlement for Northern Ireland as a deadline loomed.
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President Giorgio Napolitano said Saturday a consensus had not yet emerged on the way forward for Italy after more talks with political leaders following the collapse of Romano Prodi's government.
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Two rounds of talks on a Russian proposal for missile defense cooperation with the U.S. have failed to narrow differences that have strained relations, officials from both countries say.
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ABUJA  - African Union mediators struggled Thursday to persuade the Sudanese government and rebel leaders from the war-torn region of Darfur to sign up to a compromise security deal and save their peace talks from failure.
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Move comes amid increasing impatience at failure to achieve progress in power-sharing talks with government
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Democrats and Republicans both came out with tough talk on Bush's plan, but conditions exist for a compromise.
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Major splits emerged on Monday at a summit of African leaders over how to forge a closer union, with some heads of state urging their peers not to move too fast and focus more on regional integration.