Word: truce
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...Hamas sources in Gaza tell TIME that talks over Shalit's release could lay the groundwork for a wider truce between Israel and the Palestinian authorities. Hamas sources say their militant leaders are offering a cease-fire and will stop lobbing rockets into Israel from Gaza if Israel lifts its blockade on the Palestinian coastal strip. Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres also made clear Tuesday that the return of Shalit would likely be followed by talks between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Olmert - a significant development since Abbas looks set to work together with Hamas in a national unity...
...they have no other explanation for their hardship, they have turned to religion for answers. They believe the fires to be the work of evil spirits. In northern Uganda, well over 1 million of the Acholi people live in camps like the one at Anaka. But a truce last week between the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (lra) offers real hope that the gruesome, almost 20-year-long power struggle is finally over. The government may finally make good on its promises to resettle camp residents. The Acholi will do everything they can to make sure...
...cross-border raid on July 12, said it abducted two Israeli soldiers in order to bargain for the release of Lebanese jailed in Israel. Yet, neither the soldiers nor the Lebanese prisoners were released under the cease-fire. Israel's attack on Lebanon sought to disarm Hizballah, but the truce's language conveniently sidestepped that explosive issue, vaguely leaving the job of keeping the peace in southern Lebanon to the Lebanese Army, with perhaps the support of international peacekeepers. The Lebanese government seeks Israel's withdrawal from the disputed Shebaa Farms territory as a prelude to disarming Hizballah, but Resolution...
...something just for fun, for a whole day, on a weekday? That was totally new." Although based in Manhattan, he and his girlfriend spend part of the summer near San Jose, Calif. Basically, he's happy for the first time in his life. He has even made a truce with his old nemesis: next month O magazine will run a two-page spread on The Discomfort Zone. "I'm not sure all is forgiven." He thinks about it and chuckles. "But maybe...
...Indeed, the outcome has done so little to alter the basic strategic geography of Lebanon and the wider region that it's hard to envisage this truce as the first step towards a comprehensive regional peace. Right now, it looks more like a time...