Fallujah negotiator refuses to resume talks
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The negotiator for the militant Shiite stronghold of Fallujah was freed from US custody today but refused to resume peace talks. Sheik Khaled al-Jumeili said they will remain suspended as a protest against
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The chief negotiator in the rebel-held  Iraqi town of Falluja said on Monday the government had  canceled talks to avert a military assault on the town.
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An armed group has threatened attacks on US and Iraqi forces, as well as Iraqi government officials, following what it called the breakdown in talks over the future of the insurgent hotbed of Fallujah, according to a statement aired by Al-Arabiya
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The Iraqi government denied on Monday  it had suspended talks to avert a military assault on the  rebel-held city of Falluja.
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Militants in Nigeria's volatile Nigeria Delta say they will not extend a month-long ceasefire which expires shortly.
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THE British and Iraqi governments have refused to bow to the demands of kidnappers threatening to kill a British captive, despite a desperate video message from the hostage.
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BAGHDAD, 1 November 2004 - Interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi warned time was running out for peace in Fallujah as the US military continued to target suspected insurgents yesterday.
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The main separatist alliance in Indian Kashmir has insisted on holding talks with Pakistan before reviving a dialogue with New Delhi, a demand which could stall a peace process in the disputed region.
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NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq  - Some Fallujah residents decided against returning to their war-battered city Friday when fighting erupted for a second straight day in the former rebel stronghold.
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The interim Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi refused to abide by the demands of the kidnappers of the British hostage Margaret Hassan who is threatened to be killed unless the British government withdraw its forces from Iraq.
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Although the Iraqi city of Fallujah is secure now that Marines there control the city, it is not yet safe for residents to return, the commander
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Iraq's Kurdish leader refuses to meet the US secretary of state over Washington's stance on raids by Turkey.
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Efforts at freeing hostages held by Colombian rebels were stalled over the weekend after a guerrilla leader said he would not attend talks in neighboring Venezuela aimed at clinching a prisoner exchange.
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Talks to end bitter fighting between US forces and Shiite militants in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City have stalled, with the government refusing
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A Pakistani rebel leader refused to meet a council of tribal elders trying to secure the release of two Chinese hostages held by his group.
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - The chief negotiator for Falluja  said after his release by U.S. forces on Monday that the  rebel-held city was thirsty for peace despite the suspension of  talks with Iraq's interim government.
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Chief negotiator for the town of Fallujah, Sheik Khaled al-Jumeili talks on a phone after being released from US custody on the orders of Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, in Fallujah, Iraq, Monday, Oct 18, 2004.