International News Archive - May 15, 2006
By Anne Cadwallader BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's regional parliament will meet for the first time in nearly four years on Monday as political enemies strive to overcome decades of hatred and mistrust to forge agreement on sharing power. Progress is expected to be slow.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's seven mainstream parties put off a plan on Monday to table a landmark resolution in parliament to curtail the powers of the king, including taking away his control of the army.
LONDON (Reuters) - Rich nations must provide immediate funding for the African Union mission in Darfur to ensure the success of a peace deal to end three years of war in western Sudan, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Monday.
By Tsegaye Tadesse ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union's chief mediator in talks to end the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region warned a recalcitrant rebel leader on Monday he would become irrelevant unless he signed a peace deal.
By Anne Cadwallader BELFAST (Reuters) - Northern Ireland's regional parliament met for the first time in nearly four years on Monday as political enemies strove to overcome decades of mistrust and agree on how to share power. Progress is expected to be slow.
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's seven mainstream parties put off a plan on Monday to table a landmark resolution in parliament to curtail the powers of the king, including taking away his control of the army.
By Betel Miarom N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's opposition on Monday rejected election results which handed President Idriss Deby a third five-year term in the central African oil producer, saying far fewer people had turned out to vote than claimed.
By Mohamed Ali Bile MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Peace held in the Somali capital on Monday after the worst fighting in a decade killed around 150 people, but residents feared violence could erupt again as rival militias denied they had agreed a truce.
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union said on Monday it would ask for U.N. sanctions against two Darfur rebel factions if they undermined an AU-mediated peace deal with Khartoum to end three years of bloodshed in Sudan's vast west.
