Pakistan signs new peace deal with pro-Taliban militants
Pakistani authorities, tribal elders and
pro-Taliban militants Monday signed the latest in a series of peace
deals in a troubled frontier area, officials and witnesses said.
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N. Ireland rivals clinch historic self-rule deal
Northern Ireland's Protestant and Catholic
leaders clinched a historic 11th-hour deal Monday to restore
self-rule for the province, after unprecedented face-to-face talks.
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China, Russia leaders reject force on Iran, N.Korea
Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian
leader Vladimir Putin called for peaceful solutions to the crises
over Iran and North Korea's nuclear programmes and pledged to stop
an arms race in space.
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