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Nepal Rebels Agree to Peace Talks

KATMANDU, Nepal – Communist rebels agreed Thursday to a new round of peace talks with Nepal‘s government, raising hopes for an end to a decade-old insurgency that has killed 13,000 people. The offer was made a day earlier by the Himalayan country’s new Cabinet. Both sides have declared cease-fires since …

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New Media Shield Proposal Would Not Protect All Sources

WASHINGTON – Senators began a new effort to pass a media shield law Thursday, re-introducing legislation they said would protect journalists from being sent to jail for refusing to reveal their sources in most cases. The bill, re-written with guidance from more than 30 news organizations including The Associated Press, …

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Rice: Guantanamo Prisoners' Fates Undecided

WASHINGTON – The U.S. would be delighted to close the Guantanamo Bay prison but cannot until settling the fate of “hundreds of dangerous people” held there, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday. “We cannot be in a situation in which we are just turning loose on helpless populations or …

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