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Ceasefire

Russia faces diplomatic isolation on Georgia

By Matt Robinson and Denis Dyomkin TBILISI/DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Russia on Thursday faced diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia and accused the West of heightening tension by a naval build-up in the...

Malaysia extends peace mission in Philippines

Malaysia said Thursday it will keep its peacekeepers in the southern Philippines for another three months to monitor a fragile truce between Muslim rebels and government forces. The announcement comes in the wake of a...

Philippine military to continue offensives against rebels despite Ramadan

MANILA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine military will continue manhunt operation against "rogue" members of the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), with "great sensitivity" to the observance of Ramadan...

Russia faces diplomatic isolation over Georgia crisis

Yuri Nosenko, KGB defector, said to be dead in U.S. Switzerland frees millions in Zardari's assets Moscow has expressed alarm at a naval buildup in an area normally dominated by its southern fleet. NATO insists the only...

Russia's Medvedev looks east for support on Georgia

Jon Boyle MOSCOW, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev looked east on Thursday for support for Moscow's tough line over Georgia, which has inflamed relations with the West and prompted talk of a new Cold...

UN: 1 more year for peacekeepers in Lebanon

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to keep a peacekeeping force in Lebanon for another year, calling for stepped-up efforts to achieve a permanent cease-fire and long-term resolution...

Infiltration, gunfights with army back in vogue

Arun Joshi & Alok Tikku, Hindustan Times Jammu/New Delhi, August 27, 2008 The situation in Jammu and Kashmir seems increasingly to be a repeat of the pre-November, 2003 ceasefire days, with infiltration bids across the...

No peace talks with Taliban

ISLAMABAD: Two days after a ban on the Tehreek-i-Taliban, an umbrella group of militant organisations, Pakistan said on Wednesday it had rejected a ceasefire offer by the group and asserted there would be no peace talks...

Daniel Linsker: Colombia’s Perilous Success

Recent months have been very good for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. His “Democratic Security” policy now seems to have definitively turned the tables in the country’s fight against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...

Senior Special Groups leader captured at Baghdad airport

Click the image to view the most wanted Mahdi Army leaders in Baghdad. The US military detained a senior Special Groups leader as he flew into Baghdad International Airport this morning. He was detained without incident...