Word: truce
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...military's role will be particularly crucial starting this week, when a 60-day truce with Communist rebels goes into effect. The army has been suspicious of possible Communist moves during the cease-fire and has been making contingency plans to counter them. The new Defense Minister Rafael Ileto called on the armed forces last week to remain united and be prepared either to cooperate with the insurgents if a "constructive situation" develops or to take "armed action if and when the talks break down." An early failure of the truce is not unlikely. Last week the outlawed Communist Party...
...Even before coup leader Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin called peace in the region "a top priority", hopes were high that some sort of truce could be reached. In December 2005, representatives from five Muslim insurgent groups met secretly with senior Thai military and intelligence officers in Langkawi, Malaysia to develop a peace plan for the South-a conference mediated by former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. But now, a top member of Mahathir's mediating team tells TIME that the dialogue between the government and the rebels is at a dead end. And although Interim Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has made...
...that Israel could not be expected to return to "the status quo ante," in which it lived under threat from a heavily armed Hizballah across its northern border. And yet, the signs are unmistakable that the status quo was not significantly altered by Israel's military operation and the truce that followed. Neither the U.N. force nor the Lebanese Army appears likely to even try and disarm Hizballah, which has agreed simply to refrain from openly bearing arms in the border zone. Now Israeli officials, Western diplomats and Arab sources hostile to Hizballah and its allies are all warning that...
When Duck and Goose find a ball in the park, they know right away what it is: an egg, of course. In this psychologically acute tale, they squabble over it at first, then strike a truce, making plans for teaching its "fuzzy little occupant" to swim and fly. After learning the truth, they decide to make the best of it. After all, a bond has been formed--not only with the ball but also with each other...
...Israelis agree with Olmert?s truce. On Sunday, Israeli security officials warned in the media that Palestinian militants might use the cease-fire to re-arm themselves in Gaza. Still, Olmert is hoping that if he and the Palestinians can make a truce stick, the two enemies may build up trust to hammer out a deal swapping an Israeli soldier, Corporal Gilad Shalit, kidnapped on June 25 in Gaza, for hundreds of Palestinians inside Israeli jails...