Oct 18, 2011 01:03 Moscow Time |
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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
On October 26th, Middle East "Quartet" (Russia, the U.S., the U.N. and the E.U.) will meet with the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority
The negotiations will be held in Jerusalem during which the mediators will try, yet again, to build a direct dialogue between the conflicting parties. The representatives of the Quartet will also hold separate meetings with the Israelis and the Palestinians. Peace talks between the two were suspended for over a year ago due to the resumption by Israeli of settlement activity in East Jerusalem and the West Bank."
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World faiths, "a common path" to peace...
Two hundred non-Christian religious leaders will join the pope for a ceremony on October 27 that is being boycotted however by the influential Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, the Vatican said.
Pope Benedict XVI is hosting the event in favour of world peace, which was started by his predecessor John Paul II in Assisi, the birthplace of St Francis, and a variety of faiths will be represented including Islam. Among the spiritual leaders attending will be Baha'i, Buddhists, Confucianists, Hindus, Jains, Jews, Sikhs, Taoists and Zoroastrians, joining 100 Christian leaders, Vatican officials said at a news conference on Tuesday. A total of 69 Muslim leaders will also be present from 19 countries including Iran and Saudi Arabia, said Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, head of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace."
AFP: World faiths to attend Vatican ceremony: "
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Pope Benedict XVI is hosting the event in favour of world peace, which was started by his predecessor John Paul II in Assisi, the birthplace of St Francis, and a variety of faiths will be represented including Islam. Among the spiritual leaders attending will be Baha'i, Buddhists, Confucianists, Hindus, Jains, Jews, Sikhs, Taoists and Zoroastrians, joining 100 Christian leaders, Vatican officials said at a news conference on Tuesday. A total of 69 Muslim leaders will also be present from 19 countries including Iran and Saudi Arabia, said Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, head of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace."
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011
“In many instances where there is an ongoing conflict, you are fighting and looking to talk,” Hillary Clinton
South Asian News Agency | US open to Afghan peace deal including Haqqani: "US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday signaled the United States remains open to exploring a peace deal including the Haqqani network, the group that US officials blame for a campaign of high-profile violence that could jeopardize Washington’s plans for withdrawing smoothly from Afghanistan.
“Where we are right now is that we view the Haqqanis and other of their ilk as, you know, being adversaries and being very dangerous to Americans, Afghans and coalition members inside Afghanistan, but we are not shutting the door on trying to determine whether there is some path forward,” Clinton said when asked whether she believed members of the Haqqani network might reconcile with the Afghan government.
“It’s too soon to tell whether any of these groups or any individuals within them are serious,” she said in an interview .
Inclusion of the Haqqani network in a hoped-for peace deal — now a chief objective in the Obama administration’s Afghanistan policy after a decade of war — is a controversial idea in Washington."
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“Where we are right now is that we view the Haqqanis and other of their ilk as, you know, being adversaries and being very dangerous to Americans, Afghans and coalition members inside Afghanistan, but we are not shutting the door on trying to determine whether there is some path forward,” Clinton said when asked whether she believed members of the Haqqani network might reconcile with the Afghan government.
“It’s too soon to tell whether any of these groups or any individuals within them are serious,” she said in an interview .
Inclusion of the Haqqani network in a hoped-for peace deal — now a chief objective in the Obama administration’s Afghanistan policy after a decade of war — is a controversial idea in Washington."
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
"War Redefined," includes interviews with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her predecessors Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice
The brutally powerful PBS documentary "Women, War & Peace" is not easy to watch, but it is an important testament to unthinkable events in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Colombia and Liberia. And to positive steps being taken in the name of humanity, justice and peace.
A recurring theme of the series is that modern wars are not fought by trained national armies so much as by gangs, undisciplined insurgent groups, armed with improvised weapons and reduced to barbaric behavior. Women have become primary targets, being systematically raped, and ultimately "emerging as critical partners in brokering peace and as leaders in forging new international laws governing conflict.""
PBS airs "Women, War & Peace" - The Denver Post: "
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A recurring theme of the series is that modern wars are not fought by trained national armies so much as by gangs, undisciplined insurgent groups, armed with improvised weapons and reduced to barbaric behavior. Women have become primary targets, being systematically raped, and ultimately "emerging as critical partners in brokering peace and as leaders in forging new international laws governing conflict.""
PBS airs "Women, War & Peace" - The Denver Post: "
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Monday, October 10, 2011
Pakistan Taliban considers peace talks: report | Reuters
Pakistan Taliban considers peace talks: report | Reuters: "Pakistani leaders said after an all-party meeting attended by top military and intelligence officials last month they would seek reconciliation with militants to end an insurgency.
And Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was quoted by newspapers as saying the government was ready to talk peace.
"Our shura (council) will decide whether and when can we enter into talks with the government, with the military," the Express Tribune quoted Maulvi Wali-ur-Rehman Mehsud, deputy leader of the Pakistani Taliban, as saying.
"But I think we would like to involve countries we trust ... they are in the Arab world. Let's say Saudi Arabia."
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or Taliban Movement of Pakistan (TTP), which is close to al Qaeda, was formed in December 2007 as an alliance of Pakistani militant groups to attack the Pakistani state.
It has been blamed for many of the suicide bombings across Pakistan.
Several army offensives against the group's strongholds on the Afghan border have failed to weaken its campaign. Thousands of Pakistani soldiers, policemen and civilians have been killed in the conflict."
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And Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was quoted by newspapers as saying the government was ready to talk peace.
"Our shura (council) will decide whether and when can we enter into talks with the government, with the military," the Express Tribune quoted Maulvi Wali-ur-Rehman Mehsud, deputy leader of the Pakistani Taliban, as saying.
"But I think we would like to involve countries we trust ... they are in the Arab world. Let's say Saudi Arabia."
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or Taliban Movement of Pakistan (TTP), which is close to al Qaeda, was formed in December 2007 as an alliance of Pakistani militant groups to attack the Pakistani state.
It has been blamed for many of the suicide bombings across Pakistan.
Several army offensives against the group's strongholds on the Afghan border have failed to weaken its campaign. Thousands of Pakistani soldiers, policemen and civilians have been killed in the conflict."
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Sunday, October 9, 2011
Re: Israelis & Palestinians...- there is a strong belief from int'l community that now is the time to get back to negotiations without pre-conditions
The Brussels talks among members of the Middle East Quartet - the United States, Russia, the United Nations and the European Union - follow its call in September for stalled peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians to resume within 30 days. The Quartet wants the two sides to reach a deal next year.
The Middle East peace process was top news at the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York last month, when Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas formally applied to the Security Council for full U.N. membership. The United States has threatened to veto the bid, arguing that Palestinian statehood can only be achieved through direct peace talks with Israel. But in a September interview with the BBC, the Quartet's special representative Tony Blair sounded an optimistic note. "
Mideast Quartet Discusses Way Forward on Peace Process | Middle East | English: "Blair said the Quartet members are close to agreeing on details of peace negotiations. He said that would make it easier to bridge differences between Palestinians and Israelis once they actually sit down for talks.
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The Middle East peace process was top news at the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York last month, when Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas formally applied to the Security Council for full U.N. membership. The United States has threatened to veto the bid, arguing that Palestinian statehood can only be achieved through direct peace talks with Israel. But in a September interview with the BBC, the Quartet's special representative Tony Blair sounded an optimistic note. "
Mideast Quartet Discusses Way Forward on Peace Process | Middle East | English: "Blair said the Quartet members are close to agreeing on details of peace negotiations. He said that would make it easier to bridge differences between Palestinians and Israelis once they actually sit down for talks.
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Saturday, October 8, 2011
Ms. Zara Jane Juan, UN Ambassador for the International Day o... on Twitpic
Ms. Zara Jane Juan, UN Ambassador for the International Day o... on Twitpic:
Ms. Zara Jane Juan, UN Ambassador for the International Day of Peace 2011, speaks on "Wellness, Climate Change and Peace.""
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