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India, China take step forwardIndia and China, the two nuclear neighbours who fought a war 43 years ago, today took a significant step forward in their relationship under transition from rivalry to partnership when they held their first-ever strategic dialogue here today. |
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Indonesia, rebels agree to talksMediators say they have persuaded the Indonesian government and Aceh rebels to meet for negotiations on a cease-fire, trying to forge peace out of the tsunami tragedy. |
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Peace ready to break out in West Asia cauldronThe Israeli military is willing to suspend operations against Palestinian militants if they don't carry out attacks, Israeli leaders said on Sunday, signalling a change in position that could help pave the way toward a cease-fire after more than four years of fighting. |
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New government embarks on anti-corruption driveCameroon's new government this week published the names of 73 top civil servants accused of embezzling public funds in local newspapers to spotlight a sudden anti-corruption drive. |
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Tsunami disaster presents opportunity to revive Sri Lanka peaceThe devastating Tsunami tidal wave attack has presented Sri Lanka with a new opportunity to revive the stalled peace process with the Tamil Tiger rebels, chief of the government peace secre tariat said Thursday. |
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With a big election victory, Abbas voices optimism for new peace talksFresh from a landslide victory in the Palestinian presidential election that won him ringing endorsements from world leaders, Mahmoud Abbas has expressed hope for new peace negotiations after four years of violence. |
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Abbas and Sharon prepare to rekindle Israeli-Palestinian dialogueIsraelis and Palestinians prepared for a resumption of dialogue between their top leaders after a four-year hiatus as a long-awaited streamlining of the sprawling Palestinian security services was unveiled. |
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Peace deal in Sudan brings hope to five million refugeesThe Sudanese government signed a peace treaty with southern rebels to end a civil war in a colourful ceremony yesterday, even as the United Nations warned that the war in Darfur in the west of the country was getting worse. |
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Kenyan president rejects law allowing sport killing of wildlifeKenyan President Mwai Kibaki vetoed Friday a law enacted by parliament to allow sport hunting and killing of wildlife straying onto private land, which critics said would have hobbled conservation efforts. |
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Settlement in sight in one of Sudan’s conflictsSuffering continues in war-ravaged western Sudan. But to the south, after 21 years of conflict, things are looking up. The Islamic government in Khartoum may be ready to initial a peace agreement with southern Sudanese rebels on or before a Dec. 31 deadline. There might even be a formal signing ceremony in Washington if all goes well during the next month. |
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US forgives $4.1b Iraq debtThe United States yesterday forgave $4.1 billion Iraq owed it and urged other nations not part of an international debt relief agreement to follow suit. |
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Mideast peace hopes renewedIsrael's foreign minister yesterday embraced the U.S.-backed "road map" leading to a Palestinian state in an apparent policy reversal, and conditionally warmed to recent Syrian peace overtures -- more signs of movement on Mideast peace in the post-Yasser Arafat era. Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom called for reconvening the 2003 summit that launched the so-called road map peace plan, pledging negotiations with the new Palestinian leadership and with Syria if they fight guerrilla violence against Israel. |
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Mediators Say Sudan Agrees to Stop Darfur FightingThe Sudanese government agreed on Wednesday to halt its military offensive in Darfur, mediators said, raising hopes for the restart of suspended peace talks with rebels. |
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‘We have waited so long for justice’The historic ruling that Gen Augusto Pinochet is fit to stand trial on murder and kidnapping charges brought victims' relatives onto the streets of Santiago to celebrate. |
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