Read more truce stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5702/truce.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:26:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/60189/north-korean-war-is-back-on.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Korea warned today that it no longer considers itself bound by the 1953 truce that brought the Korean War to an effective—but not official—end. The country said South Korea's announcement yesterday that it is joining a US-led initiative to stop ships suspected of carrying weapons of mass...http://www.newser.com/story/60189/north-korean-war-is-back-on.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 27 May 2009 6:56:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50678/hamas-agrees-to-gaza-truce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamas says its negotiators have a reached a deal with Israel for a long-term Gaza truce, Reuters reports. A senior leader said the truce ensures the opening of all commercial crossings and will be announced over the weekend. The Egyptian-brokered pact would replace a tentative truce put in place last...http://www.newser.com/story/50678/hamas-agrees-to-gaza-truce.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Feb 2009 21:20:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48249/palestinians-agree-to-ceasefire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamas and other Gaza militants have agreed to an immediate ceasefire, and will allow Israel a week to pull troops out of the area, a Hamas official said today in Egypt. Israel said it would withdraw if the truce was upheld. It had declared a unilateral ceasefire beginning early this...http://www.newser.com/story/48249/palestinians-agree-to-ceasefire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Jan 2009 8:03:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48193/israel-pummels-gaza-before-ceasefire-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael launched 50 air strikes on Gaza last night ahead of a Cabinet vote on a unilateral ceasefire, the BBC reports. A tank shell hit a UN school, killing at least two children among hundreds of people who had taken refuge there, Palestinians say; Israel says it’s looking into the...http://www.newser.com/story/48193/israel-pummels-gaza-before-ceasefire-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 17 Jan 2009 8:31:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48175/hamas-divided-over-continued-fighting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamas is split over its next steps in the continuing bloodshed in Gaza. Local leaders want an end to the violence, while exiled bosses in Syria want to keep battling until all their conditions are met, the Economist reports. Outside leaders are putting pressure on Hamas, particularly its Syrian arm,...http://www.newser.com/story/48175/hamas-divided-over-continued-fighting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Jan 2009 12:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46709/israel-rejects-ceasefire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael today rejected a 48-hour humanitarian truce designed to allow foreign aid into Gaza, CNN reports. Israeli officials said the deal, proposed by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, didn’t come with any assurances that Hamas would honor it. “The residents of the south of Israel must have a real and...http://www.newser.com/story/46709/israel-rejects-ceasefire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 31 Dec 2008 6:48:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46021/china-dispatches-furry-ambassadors-to-taiwan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChina is sending a pair of pandas to Taiwan today, a peace offering that’s been in the making for 4 years, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The nations, not known for being warm or cuddly toward each other, appear to be making amends. Last week, after a 60-year stalemate, Taiwan...http://www.newser.com/story/46021/china-dispatches-furry-ambassadors-to-taiwan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Dec 2008 13:20:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41768/israel-launches-raid-on-gaza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsraeli tanks have attacked Hamas positions in Gaza in the first armed incursion into the region since a truce negotiated in June. At least six Hamas militants have been killed, reports the BBC. Fighting broke out after Israeli troops uncovered a tunnel along the Gaza border which they claim was...http://www.newser.com/story/41768/israel-launches-raid-on-gaza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Nov 2008 2:16:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/34641/georgia-signs-ceasefire-negotiators-head-to-moscow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has signed a ceasefire agreement drafted by the European Union, which EU mediators will present to Moscow later today. Bernard Kouchner, the French foreign minister, visited Tbilisi this morning and said that the Georgian leader was "determined to make peace." Kouchner will now try to convince...http://www.newser.com/story/34641/georgia-signs-ceasefire-negotiators-head-to-moscow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 11 Aug 2008 6:54:48 CDT