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BEIRUT (Reuters) – For a few fleeting hours, residents of Syria’s capital dropped their guns for snowballs and traded hatred for laughter. A rare snowfall that covered Damascus in white on Wednesday sparked an overnight outbreak of playfulness among Syrians, who momentarily ignored their bloody civil war and forgot their affiliations as dissidents, loyalists and [...]
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Czech government party signals truce in coalition row
Posted by admin on January 3rd, 2013
PRAGUE (Reuters) – A junior partner in the Czech Republic's shaky coalition signaled on Thursday it may back off its threat to leave the cabinet, reducing the chances Prime Minister Petr Necas will fall. The turnaround, still subject to further negotiations, would resolve the latest in a series of crises that have hurt the government's [...]
Philippines declares unilateral Christmas truce with Maoists
Posted by admin on December 15th, 2012
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines declared on Saturday an 18-day unilateral Christmas truce with Maoist guerrillas, in part to let forces focus on relief efforts on a southern island devastated by a typhoon, an army spokesman said. The government has been fighting communist rebels for 40 years. About 40,000 people have been killed and investors [...]
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No Comments »Israeli gunfire kills Gazan near border after truce
Posted by admin on November 23rd, 2012
GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli gunfire at the Gaza border killed one Palestinian on Friday and wounded several others, medics said, two days after a ceasefire between the territory’s Islamist rulers Hamas and Israel took hold. A Hamas spokesman accused Israel of violating the Egyptian-mediated truce and said the group would complain to Cairo. An Israeli [...]
Posted in Breaking News Tags: After, Border, Gazan, gunfire, Israeli, Kills, Near, truce No Comments »Truce hits Netanyahu support but still set for poll win
Posted by admin on November 23rd, 2012
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Discontent over the ceasefire Benjamin Netanyahu struck with Hamas in Gaza has cost the Israeli prime minister support but he should still win a January 22 election, an opinion poll showed on Friday. Maariv newspaper conducted the survey after an eight-day Israeli offensive against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip ended on [...]
Hamas says truce requires opening of Gaza crossings
Posted by admin on November 22nd, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) – Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said a deal to end fighting between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza stipulates that all of the Palestinian territory’s crossings must be opened, disputing what he described as Israeli assertions to the contrary. “The (ceasefire) document stipulates the opening of the crossings, all the crossings, and not [...]
Gaza truce deal has Egyptian guarantees: source
Posted by admin on November 21st, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) – A ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza comes with Egyptian “guarantees”, an Egyptian source close to truce talks told Reuters on Wednesday. The source also said the truce included an end to “assassinations” and “incursions” and would ease movement of Palestinians. Egypt mediated the deal. (Reporting by Marwa [...]
Gaza shakes, Israelis killed as Clinton seeks truce
Posted by admin on November 21st, 2012
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli air strikes shook the Gaza Strip and Palestinian rockets struck across the border as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held talks in Jerusalem in the early hours of Wednesday, seeking a truce that can hold back Israel's ground troops. Egypt's new Islamist government is mediating talks and had floated hopes [...]
Hamas official says Gaza truce delayed
Posted by admin on November 20th, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) – A Hamas official said on Tuesday that Egyptian efforts to broker a truce with Israel had been held up because the Israeli government had yet to respond to proposals, indicating there would be no ceasefire until Wednesday at the earliest. “The Israeli side has not responded yet, so we will not hold [...]
Gaza truce pressure builds, Cairo in focus
Posted by admin on November 20th, 2012
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – International pressure for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip puts Egypt's new Islamist president in the spotlight on Tuesday after a sixth day of Palestinian rocket fire and Israeli air strikes that have killed over 100 people. Israel's leaders weighed the benefits and risks of sending tanks and infantry into the densely [...]
