Sri Lanka rebels agree to talks in Oslo: source
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers told Norway's special peace envoy on Tuesday they are prepared to meet the government for crunch peace talks in Oslo in late October, a source close to the negotiations told Reuters, in a move welcomed as "positive" by the government.
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Rebels agree to sign a peace agreement with the DR Congo government after days of delay.
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The Sri Lankan government denied on   Wednesday having agreed to hold unconditional peace talks with   Tamil Tiger rebels, as announced by international mediators.
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Norwegian team hopes to end a standoff between Sri Lanka government and Tamil rebels.
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Norwegian peace envoy Erik Solheimmet Wednesday with Tamil Tigers leaders at the rebel-held northerntown of Kilinochchi in a fresh attempt to revive Sri Lanka&#39;s peacetalks, the national television reported.
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Sri Lanka expressed concern over truce violations by Tiger rebels as a top Norwegian envoy prepared to return home empty-handed after failing to end the island's talks deadlock, officials said.
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A powerful rebel group in India's troubled northeast has offered to hold conditional peace talks with authorities to end more than a quarter-century of separatist conflict, a mediator said on Tuesday.
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A Sri Lankan official has denied the government has agreed to unconditional talks with Tamil Tiger rebels, and accused peace broker Norway of failing to consult with Colombo before making any announcement.
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BANGKOK, Oct. 5 -- Thailand's military has agreed to hold talks with Muslim rebels involved in an insurgency in the country's south, the powerful army chief said Thursday. The announcement marked a reversal of a policy held by the elected government that was deposed in a coup last month.
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Sri Lanka has asked peace broker Norway to suspend contacts with the island's Tamil Tiger rebels pending a review of relations with the guerrillas, a top Sri Lankan official said.
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Sri Lankan President Mahinda   Rajapaksa called on the separatist Tamil Tigers on Wednesday to   give up violence and embrace democracy and the peace process,   including international negotiations brokered by Norway.
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KAMPALA, UGANDA - Officials in Uganda are negotiating with rebels for a ceasefire deal they hope will lead to talks to end 18 years of civil war.
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Sri Lanka's government Wednesday decided to formally end a moribund peace process with Tamil rebels and withdraw from a ceasefire arranged by peace broker Norway, top officials told AFP.
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The latest attempt by Norway to kick start the stalled peace process in Sri Lanka has ended without any sign of progress. Norwegian envoy, Erik Solheim, failed to make a breakthrough in meetings with the government and Tamil Tiger rebels.
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Norway's effort to end Sri Lanka's civil war is not dead, despite increased violence and a lack of progress in bringing the government and Tamil Tiger rebels to the negotiating table, the nation's foreign minister said Thursday.
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Norway's ambassador held talks with Tamil Tiger rebels in northern Sri Lanka on Monday and three military personnel were killed in clashes in the Jaffna peninsula.
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Indonesia and its Aceh rebels agree to hold direct talks in Finland on Friday, just over a month after the tsunami.