JERUSALEM – Israel declared a unilateral cease-fire in its 22-day offensive that turned Gaza neighborhoods into battlegrounds and dealt a stinging blow to the Islamic militants of Hamas, but the government said its troops will stay in the Palestinian territory for now.
Shortly before top leaders voted for the cease-fire at an emergency security meeting, Hamas [...]

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Zimbabwe’s opposition leader returns home
Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change insisted he would not be bulldozed into agreement at a meeting Monday with bitter rival Mugabe and the presidents of South Africa, Mozambique and regional mediator Thabo Mbeki.
There is acute concern that the longstanding political deadlock is exacerbating the country’s economic meltdown. In [...]

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