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They agreed to a ceasefire at the beginning of June but are prepared for a military showdown if Mr Saleh returns.

Speaking as an individual, Suu Kyi called for a ceasefire saying she was ready to get involved to achieve peace in the country.

He said Turkey's only interest is the well-being of Libya and he was working for an early ceasefire.

The Georgian government said the deal with Abkhazia violated the terms of its ceasefire agreement with Russia.

After months of civil war, he said, Gaddafi was ready to negotiate a ceasefire and he needed Russia to mediate the talks.

It is because America wants to end the war this way that there was no call from Rome for an immediate, unconditional ceasefire.

In four of these areas the decline was much steeper than in comparable parts of the city where Operation Ceasefire was not in place.

N. officials said, as the prospect of a sustained ceasefire between government troops and rebel soldiers continued to fade.

He said the situation was the most serious it had been since the ceasefire in 2002.

He said it was possible the increase was a result of ceasefire deals agreed by militants and the Pakistani government.

But there was no explicit mention of a "permanent" ceasefire, as there had been when ETA last started down the peace road in March 2006.

The foreign secretary has repeatedly called for a ceasefire in the conflict and for civilians to be allowed to leave the afflicted area.

He said the ceasefire resolution is an important step that will bring an end to the violence.

But a ceasefire on its terms would suit the Gaddafi regime rather well now that it's doing so much better in the war.

Better to call for an immediate ceasefire, followed by whatever international arrangement can ensure that Hizbullah does not attack again.

For our part, we fully realized that to avoid the possibility of any further ceasefire violations, the troops must be withdrawn.

Libyan government spokesman Mussa Ibrahim, however, denied that the rebels had agreed to a ceasefire, insisting that it was a ploy.

Awkwardly, the Philippine army captured an important guerrilla leader just before the start of a week-long ceasefire.

But, even if it makes the militants give up their captive, it may lack the authority over all the groups to make a ceasefire hold.

Perhaps, suggests Mr Yousef, the two sides could agree to an immediate ceasefire for a year, to build on today's "period of quietness" .

A Middle East ceasefire could be in the offing during a week of high diplomacy. But Israel has mixed feelings.

His refusal to call for an immediate ceasefire after Israel's invasion of Lebanon poured salt into the wound.

One Hamas spokesman in Gaza said the group was open to another ceasefire, but wanted Israel's economic blockade lifted.

The White House is urging Hamas to agree to a ceasefire with Israel as a first step in halting the current Israeli air assault on Gaza.

Statement said, "ETA decided to declare a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire to the international community can be verified. "

Hamas has largely abided by a ceasefire for more than a year but says talks with Israelwould be a waste of time.

Imagine if we declare a unilateral ceasefire and a few days later rockets fall on Ashkelon. What will that do to Israel's deterrence?

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have declared a ceasefire and say they're giving Israeli forces one week to leave the territory.

It had spent the whole of the ceasefire period angrily denouncing the prime minister for betraying ETA's victims.

The Islamic militant group Hamas, that rules Gaza, said the new ceasefire was requested by Egyptian mediators.

Egypt is trying to mediate a long term ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic militant group Hamas which rules Gaza.

By declaring a unilateral ceasefire, Israel can argue that it is not legitimizing Hamas, which it considers to be a gang of terrorists.

The force of the assault on Hamas may well secure for Israel a ceasefire that shields for a time its southern cities.

The PKK has threatened to call off its recently declared unilateral ceasefire unless Mr Erdogan moves on Kurdish rights.

Condoleezza Rice, America's secretary of state, said that the previous arrangement should not be the basis for a lasting ceasefire.

We have no objection to a ceasefire but on condition that Libyans in western cities have full freedom in expressing their views. . .

He also reached out to the Basques, even offering to talk to ETA if the terrorist group declared a permanent ceasefire.

Responding instantly to the resolution, the Libyan regime announced a ceasefire and said it would comply with UN demands.

Yet officially it objects to America's missile strikes and, in Waziristan itself, it is observing an on-off ceasefire agreement with him.

Westerndiplomats and politicians rushed to Moscow and to Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, trying to brokera ceasefire.

Israel is holding out for ceasefire terms that would guarantee an end to arms smuggling across or under Gaza's border with Egypt.

The long conflict finally ended with a ceasefire, not a peace treaty.

In the region, Turkey was reported to have registered opposition while demanding ceasefire, but Qatar said it would support the operation.

The film attempts to make sense of what CeaseFire's Tio Hardiman calls, simply, "the madness" .

One Minister said on Thursday that in Pakistan and Afghanistan, there were similar conflicts, but no one was asking for a ceasefire there.

Mr Nasrallah may of course feel strong enough to ignore a call for an immediate ceasefire.

A five-year-old ceasefire across the line of control that divides disputed Kashmir still holds, and neither side has reinforced the border.

In Swat, in North-West Frontier Province, it has agreed to a ceasefire in return for the imposition of sharia law.

Late yesterday France and Egypt proposed the initiative to stop the conflict in Gaza with an immediate ceasefire.

An array of foreign governments sought to help secure the ceasefire and, once again, to press for talks that might lead to a wider peace.

The NMSP has also formed a "peace mission" and is expected to hold ceasefire talks with the Mon State government in mid-October.

ETA is still not to be trusted; a "permanent" ceasefire in 2006 lasted just nine months.

Moreover, the Russians still refuse to allow any of the 200-odd ceasefire monitors deployed by the EU into the two disputed territories.

As we strive for a ceasefire, the United States remains deeply concerned about innocent Palestinians and Israelis who are suffering.

And yet, despite a ceasefire since 1991, a nervy atmosphere permeates the city.

MEND warned in its statement that it would end the ceasefire if the military attacks its positions again.

At the very least it must declare and enforce a long-term ceasefire as a hoped-for prelude to a complete disavowal of violence.

Russia's failure to keep to the terms of its ceasefire with Georgia, albeit (pragmatically) only in private.

It fell again after Gaddafi announced a ceasefire, but rose as evidence came in of his attacks on rebel-held towns.

Last week, a gun battle broke out between the two sides just hours after a ceasefire had been declared.

China has called for an immediate ceasefire in Libya and is backing diplomatic endeavors to defuse tensions.

Fighting between the two rival sides continued despite attempts by the neighboring country to broker a ceasefire.

And what if his forces respected the ceasefire but the rebels did not?

However, the KIO lost control of it soon after the ceasefire and it is now under the direct control of the junta's Ministry of Mines.

From the top, Adam Bartnicki, a European military monitor, studies military movements on the South Ossetian side of a ceasefire line.

The attack, which happened in broad day light, is the first since the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the PKK, ended a ceasefire in February.

judging from their track record , the ceasefire agreement will be broken within a few days.

Laurent Gbagbo, the defeated president, has called for mediation and a ceasefire, but he looks in trouble.

India's foreign ministry denied a report that it was preparing to end a five-year ceasefire with Pakistan.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is urging Syria to help broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Under the terms of a UN ceasefire agreement that ended the 1991 Gulf War, Baghdad was obligated to destroy all of its Scud missiles.

The two had signed a ceasefire agreement that year, but fighting continued in Vietnam for another two years.

Lebanon says it violated the ceasefire and is threatening to stop deploying it's army to the south.

On Christmas Day in 1914, German and British troops held a temporary ceasefire known as the 'Christmas Truce'.

Lebanon says it violated the ceasefire, and is threatening to stop deploy its army to the south.

The army accuses the Tigers of bombing the no-fire zone themselves, to enlist international support in calls for a ceasefire.

President Bush insists any Mideast ceasefire must be conditioned on a wider global agreement.

But diplomats at the talks in Brussels say Britain and Germany have rejected a draft that calls for an immediate ceasefire.

The only non-ceasefire group active along the border is the Shan State Army "South" 's Force 701.

Within weeks of a ceasefire being called in August, French and Italian peacekeepers were coming ashore.

But the ethnic armed group rejected the plan which resulted in the collapse of the ceasefire between the two sides.

The outlawed Basque separatist group ETA has declared a unilateral ceasefire in its violent campaign for independence from Spain.

The British finally brokered a ceasefire where the two sides shared rule until Soviet rule in 1920.

People then would spread the message of the ceasefire and join the Olympic Games from there to the rest of Greece.

After another round of negotiations, they finally signed a declaration calling for an immediate ceasefire.

Thai Army Deputy Spokesman West argument that the violation of the ceasefire agreement and the Cambodian soldiers opened fire first.

In order to have true peace, there needs to be a ceasefire throughout the entire country.

KIO has told the Kachin State government that it requests ceasefire and peace talks with the central Union Government directly.

The government of Sudan has signed a ceasefire agreement with one of the main rebel factions in Darfur.

Hamas's security forces have detained militiamen who have tried to break the ceasefire.

Hamas's security forces have detained militiamen who have tried to break the ceasefire.

A ceasefire came in 1994. Pipelines sprang up to ship oil and gas from Azerbaijan.

During a ceasefire in 2006 someone from Mr Rubalcaba's interior ministry tipped off some ETA men who were about to be arrested.

Concerning the BGF program, many deadlines had been set up for the ceasefire groups, the latest one was 28 April 2010.

The Spanish government has rejected the latest ceasefire declaration made by the Basque separatist organisation Eta.

And Hamas leaders, though desperate for a ceasefire, will balk at any deal that reeks of capitulation.

Making the ceasefire stick is likely to be fraught with difficulties.

The president even announced, dramatically, a ceasefire by government forces in Darfur.

Moscow has rejected a draft UN resolution on Georgia, saying it contradicts the terms of last week's ceasefire agreement.

The Libyan government has rejected the offer of a conditional ceasefire by rebel forces.

In a statement issued after a meeting in Gaza City, Hamas said its ceasefire was conditional on Israel stopping its attacks on the strip.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for "an immediate, verifiable ceasefire" in Libya, but the rebels refused.

The Yemeni government said it was instituting the ceasefire to show respect for the Islamic holiday of Eid which begins on Sunday.

Their overflights are considered by Lebanon as a violation of the UN-brokered ceasefire.

France says the plan aimed to create a ceasefire, stop the smuggling of weapons into Gaza, and lift the Israeli blockade of the territory.

After the Tiger attack near Omanthai, on June 5th, the army chief, Lieut-General Sarath Fonseka, said it was time for a new ceasefire.

Never mind the ceasefire terms that ended the war, under which Moscow promised to withdraw.

Although Russia confirms it will sign a ceasefire accord, it'sits forces are still present in parts of Georgia.

And it came closer, through the mediation of Egypt, to a ceasefire with the Islamists of Hamas, who control the Gaza Strip.

Sri Lanka's government rejected calls from the rebel Tamil Tigers for a ceasefire to allow peace talks.

China hopes the meeting will gather an international consensus to promote a ceasefire as soon as the parties concerned.

Israeli and Hamas forces kept fighting today, both sides dismissing a United Nations resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire.

Many world leaders are outraged over the attack and have stepped up demands for a ceasefire.

The possibility of a wider ground war has spurred outside efforts to broker a ceasefire.

Dam building in Burma has contributed to renewed fighting, ending a 17-year ceasefire between the Kachin Independence Army and government.

ETA, a terrorist group fighting for independence for the Basque region of Spain, has sent a video to the BBC declaring a ceasefire.

She prays the ceasefire will hold between the Thai and Cambodian soldiers ranged along a disputed border.

The new commander, General David Petraeus, was certainly lucky: Sunni militants turned against al-Qaeda, and Shia ones declared a ceasefire.

Mr. Saakashvili accused Russia of breaching the provisional ceasefire agreement accepted by Russia and Georgia on Tuesday night.

Israeli was contemplating a escalation to the offensive. International mediators are working to broker a ceasefire.

After days of angry exchanges between Paris and London, both sides called for a ceasefire.

The film follows three children through the war and the period after the ceasefire.

Egypt and France have produced a ceasefire proposal, with the Egyptians offering to follow up by hosting peace talks.

Thirty minutes later, the pirates gestured to us for a ceasefire.

There is no official ceasefire agreement between the KIA and Burmese regime.

They dangle the prospect of a long-term ceasefire that might become a lasting peace.

Israel says it will lift its air and sea blockade when the U. N. ceasefire resolution is fully implemented.

The general ordered his troops to ceasefire.

Russia has repeatedly accused Georgia of breaking the ceasefire agreement: that could be one pretext.

The ceasefire groups had hoped to enjoy greater freedom and became suspicious of the SPDC's attempts to integrate them.

Colonel Gaddafi declared a ceasefire on Friday. But soon afterwards his troops attacked rebel positions in Benghazi and Misrata.

Kadhafi agreed on a ceasefire last Friday, but his troops continued attacking the rebel stronghold of Benghazi.

The armed Basque separatist movement Eta says it would accept what it calls 'informal international verification' of its ceasefire.

We urge the countries concerned for immediate ceasefire and return to the track of negotiation and political settlement.

But some Israeli officials, as well as the army, strongly oppose a ceasefire.

UN forces supervising the present ceasefire in Lebanon have failed to prevent fresh Iranian weapons reaching Hizbullah via Syria.

The new method has been quietly honed for almost a decade in Chicago, where it is known as Operation Ceasefire.

In June, nineteen fifty-one, the Soviet delegate to the United Nations proposed a ceasefire for Korea.

The rebels appear to be still maintaining a ceasefire declared last week.

Though the shelling has stopped, any ceasefire remains fragile as long as nationalists in both countries keep stoking the dispute.

In Brussels, European Union foreign ministers approved an amended version of Tuesday's six point ceasefire agreement.

Russian forces were still occupying the city despite a ceasefire agreement requiring them to pull out.

a unilateral ceasefire offer by the main rebel group Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, or LURD.

The United Nations' appeal for a ceasefire has been ignored by both sides.

The Kokang militia is one of 17 ethnic armies that have signed ceasefire agreements with the government.

In May 2008 Operation Ceasefire was evaluated in a report for the Justice Department.

International mediators urged their inclusion to signal something much more than a ceasefire, which Eta has promised and broken in the past.

A Malian militant group has suspended a ceasefire with the government, saying officials are gearing up for war.

And far from introducing the ceasefire he spoke about, he has actually stepped up the attacks and the brutality that we can all see.

And the army's ceasefire deals have often been flouted; Mr Fazalullah has torn up at least two of them.

As efforts to broker a new ceasefire agreement continue, state-run newspapers are carrying daily reports attacking the KIA.

Since it broke its last ceasefire, in 2007, it has killed ten; paltry, by the group's bloody standards.

Thai and Cambodian soldiers have exchanged fire near a disputed border area, breaking an informal ceasefire.

Reports from Israel say the security cabinet will vote on Saturday to decide whether to declare a unilateral ceasefire.

He promised to work with them to prolong the Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, rebuild Gaza and block the smuggling of weapons to Hamas.

It was China that retreated to pre-war position without any ceasefire or any treaty from India.

This news lends some support to earlier reports of a ceasefire.

The statement said that the group would now suspend its ceasefire and resume attacks on the Nigerian military and the oil industry.

Nonetheless, a ceasefire may make it harder to justify bombing him.

Observers have reported serious violations of the ceasefire.

Within days of the ceasefire, Mr Nasrallah said it was "too early" to discuss disarming.

This was another reason cited by the army for its many ceasefire deals.

As 1973 began, we dedicated ourselves to bringing about a ceasefire in Cambodia to follow the cease-fire in Vietnam and Laos.

The KIO's armed wing recently engaged in skirmishes with government forces, despite a notional ceasefire.

General Toral agreed to a short ceasefire so women and children could leave Santiago.

Earlier, the LURD declared a unilateral ceasefire, saying it will pull back to Monrovia's Freeport.

Sunday's announcement came about 12 hours after Israel declared its own unilateral ceasefire.

A six-month ceasefire declared by Muqtada al-Sadr, the powerful radical cleric, has helped to reduce violence.

Another one-way ceasefire that leads to rocket attacks on Israel is not acceptable.

We hope that ceasefire agreements will lead to political settlements founded on the aspirations of the peoples, and the spirit of union.

One border analyst says the Burma Army is playing games to keep the ceasefire groups from teaming up with the SSA South.

"There is a ceasefire and Russia is currently not in compliance with this ceasefire, " she told Fox News Sunday.

Meanwhile, international mediators are working to broker a ceasefire.

But it has conclusively ended a much-transgressed 2002 ceasefire.

In the end, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, on behalf of the European Union, brokered a messy ceasefire.

The war ended in a ceasefire but not a peace treaty.

Although the UN mandate was renewed for four months, the ceasefire is looking ever more threadbare.

But a ceasefire is not a peace deal.

The fragile UN-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is holding for the most part.

The ceasefire groups refused the government's orders, which caused the earlier ceasefires to break down.

U. N. -mandated ceasefire ended the war last month.

Some NMSP leaders believe the ceasefire agreement will be revoked if the junta uses force against them.

With the announcement of the ceasefire, despair at last gave place to hope.

The Kachin rebels have opened 67 offices as points of liaison with the junta since the ceasefire agreement 16 years ago.

The PKK has extended its unilateral ceasefire until the election.

Hamas has resumed firing Qassam rockets from Gaza into Israel, a break in their ceasefire.

It also warned that other groups outside its direct command may not respect the ceasefire.

A government spokesman here has rejected the rebels' ceasefire proposals as mad.

This grabbed the headlines, but he has announced a ceasefire several times before and nothing has ever happened.

This is the second ceasefire in the past couple of weeks but appears to have disintegrated no sooner than it was announced.

So far the ceasefire has been observed by both sides.

After securing his permanent ceasefire, he is also going to talk to ETA.

Santa Ana tried to use the ceasefire to prepare for more fighting.

Ban also said it was time for Israel to consider a unilateral ceasefire.

We have no power. If there wasn't a ceasefire we couldn't even bury our dead.

Palestinian rocket fire at Israel is testing a shaky ceasefire in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

Ms Rice accused Russia of violating the ceasefire Mr Medvedev signed on Saturday.

That action comes after Russia's president signed a ceasefire deal earlier today.

Libya's opposition leader says rebels will accept a ceasefire if leader Moammar Gadhafi pulls his forces back from cities.

It remains to be seen if the ceasefire will hold.

Tony Blair, the Middle East envoy, said today the ceasefire would only endure if the peace process was revitalised.

The Sri Lankan government has rejectedana unilateral ceasefire declared by Tamil Tiger rebels.

The two warring nations finally came to a ceasefire.

It's a key provision in the US ceasefire plan that ended fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

In February he agreed to yet another ceasefire but the conflict shows little sign of abating.

And Qassam rockets are still shot into Israel even after the declared ceasefire of the Gaza War in January 2009.

So even if Gaddafi's forces accepted the ceasefire, the rebels would keep on fighting.

three weeks after the ceasefire , israel says it will lift its sea and air blockade of lebanon thursday.

In June 2000, Ethiopia and eritrea signed ceasefire agreement and peace agreement December the same year.

Bhattarai: It has been made clear in the 12-point understanding, eight-point understanding and the 25-point (ceasefire) code of conduct.

Despite UN calls for a ceasefire, there has been no halt in Islraeli air strike into Gaza.

After the ceasefire, we worked as nurses in the makeshift hospital in the university.

So General Scott ended the ceasefire. His men began their attack on Mexico City.

When Israel left Gaza, Hamas maintained this ceasefire.

Worse, the PKK has threatened to end its unilateral ceasefire and take its battle to Turkey's cities if the government ignores its calls.

Ceasefire groups in north and northeast Burma last met government negotiator Lt-Gen Ye Myint in November.

We need urgently to conclude a ceasefire that can endure and that can bring real security.

The rebels, who were unrepresented at Mr Bashir's forum, immediately rejected his ceasefire call.

And our leaders will huff and puff and remind the world that Hamas originally broke the ceasefire.

Finally, Grant and Lee agreed on a ceasefire to take care of the wounded and bury the dead.

Some EU officials say that if a credible ceasefire deal is on offer, the EU will find ways of reaching understandings with Hamas.

After a brief nuclear exchange, there will be a ceasefire.

A ceasefire will take effect in just hours in the Lebanese-Israeli border.

President Bush is demanding that Russia honor a ceasefire and end all military action in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.

They have agreed to the ceasefire provided their conditions are met .

The ceasefire with Israel may be fraying.

Hamas says a ceasefire is not a done deal.

The two camps made a bargain to ceasefire.

India and Pakistan had jointly declared ceasefire along their borders in 2003.

In 2000-01, after it had used a ceasefire to rearm and reorganise, it killed 38 people in bomb and pistol attacks.

eg. Heavy fighting erupted there today after a two-day ceasefire.

EVEN by ETA's own standards, its ceasefire declaration on September 5th was deeply vague.

Once it declared a unilateral ceasefire.

Hamas is seeking a ceasefire because it has been hit hard by Israeli sanctions and military incursions .

There is word Israeli officials are meeting to consider a temporary ceasefire in Gaza.

Ceasefire talks began in July of nineteen fifty-one.

Our first priority is to obtain a ceasefire, an immediate ceasefire, in order to start a dialogue.

The violence erupted after a six-month Hamas-Israeli ceasefire expired on December 19.

A ceasefire that returns to those circumstances is unacceptable and it will not last.

Will the rebels observe the ceasefire?

Armed Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip are observing a 24-hour ceasefire.

Most were quietly furious when ETA decided in 2007 to again break a ceasefire.

A ceasefire is a precondition for talks.

A ceasefire, brokered by Norway in 2002, is officially still in place.

The government signed a ceasefire with ethnic groups in the Shan state in 1989, allowing them to hold on to their arms.

This is the first time they block the road in 20 years of ceasefire movement.

A ceasefire started to take hold last week.

A ceasefire agreement in 1997 laid the foundations for peace.

According to the NMSP, if the junta sets up any military bases, the ceasefire agreement of 1995 will be broken.

Some analysts think that the push to reach a ceasefire has momentarily intensified the conflict.