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...Service to investigate the House majority leader's fund raising and sued the Federal Election Commission to get more info about his dealings with a Kansas utility. But she was not getting much support from Democratic officials, particularly in the House, where the two parties had declared an "ethics truce" that effectively blocked either side from filing a complaint against the other...
...Hamas militants are willing to bend, slightly. Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh said that while Hamas would never openly recognize Israel (the militants' credo, in fact, vows to destroy the Jewish state), Hamas would be willing to sign a truce with Israel lasting up to 10 years and honor past peace accords that Palestinians signed with Israel. While prospects for changing Hamas's position as a movement are slim, Abbas is hoping to persuade it to make a de facto gesture of recognition by joining a government that accepts previous Palestinian agreements with the Jewish state. The U.S. and Europe have...
...believed to be hiding in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas bordering Afghanistan. Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has complained that Pakistan's tolerance of extremists operating from its territory has helped them gain a stronger foothold in his own country, is furious that Musharraf recently signed a truce with pro-Taliban Pakistani tribal leaders in the North West Frontier Province. That truce calls for Pakistani troops to end their military campaign against militants in exchange for their ending attacks on Pakistani forces and cross-border raids into Afghanistan. Karzai doesn't trust the militants to live up to their part...
...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...