Sentences with phrase «peace deal»

If he just signed a North Korean peace deal, he may be very popular.

Even if this latest peace deal between Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins and IDC Leader Jeff Klein holds when lawmakers return to Albany after the Easter / Passover break next week, and even if the Democrats win both the April 24 special elections (the Westchester County race is really the deciding factor there, since the Bronx seat seems a safe bet), the Republicans will still have control of the chamber as long as Felder, a conservative Democrat, continues to caucus with them.

Last year, Bogotá signed a historic peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest rebel group, which as a result agreed to disarm.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon's response to news of the Cuomo - brokered peace deal among state Senate Democrats: «If you've set your own house on fire and watched it burn for eight years, finally turning on a hose doesn't make you a hero.»

Ms Short said the new peace deal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo meant there would be a major increase in aid for that part of central Africa.

Ever since Colombia signed a historic peace deal with the FARC guerrillas, farmers and criminal gangs have been burning its portion of the Amazon rainforest

In the race to replace retiring GOP Rep. Ed RoyceEdward (Ed) Randall RoyceDem peace deal reached in crucial House district Dems step up efforts to avoid California primary shutouts House Dems boost spending in key California races MORE, the DCCC bought $ 234,000 on cable and $ 40,000 on radio in the Los Angeles media market.

Despite bleak prospects for success, Trump promised «to do whatever is necessary» to forge an Israeli - Palestinian peace deal.

The abrogation of the Iran nuclear peace deal by President Donald Trump did not serve the cause of peace.

Progress towards a Middle East peace deal appears to have made the launch of the Mediterranean Union in Paris a success.

The only way to address the causes of piracy and terrorism is to back local efforts to forge a new peace deal ensuring that people from across Somalia have a voice in how their country is run.

South Korea and a U.S. - led U.N. force are technically still at war with North Korea and the idea of an official peace deal to change that is not something that can be resolved by the Koreas alone.

There has been considerable speculation regarding the Republican response to the — apparently failed — peace deal floated by allies of Gov. Andrew Cuomo that aimed to reunify the warring Democratic factions in the state Senate.

It's possible the WFP could endorse Nixon but not give her its ballot line, putting a placeholder candidate there instead — just in case there's a post-primary peace deal between the governor and the party that requires her to go away quietly before the November general, though, as Nick reported yesterday, there are ways of getting her name off the ballot if necessary, too.

If the ELN sign a peace agreement relatively quickly after the FARC peace deal, the two groups could perhaps avoid violence.

The agreement stipulates that the FARC lay down its weapons within 180 days of a final peace deal, which has a July target date.

On Sunday, the Colombian people rejected the recent peace deal that the Colombian government had reached with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) after 52 years of civil war.

If not the governor, though, then who is ultimately responsible for brokering this long - awaited peace deal?

As a result of these campaigns, some people believed a successful peace deal would mean handing the country over to the FARC.

Cherie Blair does not refer to Blair's role trying to broker a regional peace deal.

In a sign of the tenuous nature of the state Senate Democratic peace deal, Gov. Andrew Cuomo told reporters he could forgo calling special elections, which would push off the replacement of departing Democratic Sens. Ruben Diaz Sr. and George Latimer until next November.

But divisions between rival militant groups appear to be frustrating the government's efforts to strike a lasting peace deal.

Northern Ireland secretary has not been an especially high - profile cabinet job since the Good Friday peace deal, but for Brokenshire it could be a tough first cabinet role.

Presented almost as a sombre superhero origin story, Darkest Hour then details how Churchill won round his enemies — and there were quite a few — by standing up to Adolf Hitler and refusing to appease him with the various emasculating peace deals that his rivals had been touting.

October 2 will be a pivotal moment for the people of Colombia, who will vote on the government's proposed peace deal with the FARC, the area's largest rebel group, after more than 50 years of war.

Actually, what's essential above all is an international push of intensive diplomacy and targeted sanctions to reach a compromise peace deal and end the civil war.

As its name would suggest, the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace deals rarely with the issue.

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Both candidates are running in a crowded Democratic primary in the race to replace retiring GOP Rep. Ed RoyceEdward (Ed) Randall RoyceDem peace deal reached in crucial House district Dems step up efforts to avoid California primary shutouts House Dems boost spending in key California races MORE.

He also helped negotiate his country's peace deal with Israel.

Colombia is Washington's staunchest ally in Latin America, and the top U.S. diplomatic post in Bogota carries new strategic importance following a historic peace deal signed in December between the Colombian government and FARC rebels that is facing new challenges and allegations of noncompliance.

The Kingdom is willing to accept almost any kind of Israeli - Palestinian peace deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former defence minister Yaacov Nagal said in an interview with The Telegraph.

While Republicans refuse to acknowledge that Pres. Obama's nuclear peace deal is a huge victory for America, they also...

Tony Blair today promised to dedicate his last few months as prime minister to work for a Middle East peace deal, as he sought to justify his foreign policy to his party.

Former President Jimmy Carter says after 13 days of tough negotiations between Israel and Egypt in 1979, a peace deal had seemed set for failure.

(The FARC rebels fought on and are currently trying to secure a peace deal with the Colombian government.)

Rafsanjani will be remembered above all for persuading Khomeini to accept a peace deal to end the bloody Iran - Iraq war, during which 1 million people died.

While the Fins would eventually settle for a peace deal with the Soviets, the resistance exacted a heavy toll on Stalin's armies.

The status of Jerusalem, which holds Muslim, Jewish and Christian holy sites, is one of the thorniest obstacles to a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, who were furious over Trump's move and have declined to meet with Pence.

Artemenko gave them a purported proposal for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia — paired with alleged evidence of corruption that he said could be used to discredit Ukraine's president.

U.S. stock index futures signaled a higher open on Thursday, following gains in Europe on the back of strong bank earnings and a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

However, they define the word differently, and experts say that could be an obstacle to a peace deal.

This opened the door for Pres. Putin to negotiate the peace deal between South Korea and North Korea in a move which would deprive Pres. Trump of that coup de main, to the relief of Beijing, going into the 19th Communist Party Congress, opening in Bejing on October 18, 2017.

When in early January the US secretary of state John Kerry traveled to the Middle East, newspaper headlines mostly focused on his attempt to push yet another peace deal between Israel and Palestine.

MILESTONES By Luca Ventura When in early January the US secretary of state John Kerry traveled to the Middle East, newspaper headlines mostly focused on his attempt to push yet another peace deal between Israel and Palestine.

So I am delighted to see US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross here with us this evening and, Wilbur, you can be assured of the full - hearted support of the United Kingdom for the efforts that the Trump administration is making to bring the parties together to reach that peace deal.

Francis was a big promoter of last year's peace deal with the rebel group but in visiting Colombia he will have to be sensitive to the viewpoints of the large number of conservative Roman Catholics who voted against the accord in a nationwide referendum.