111.   The rebels withdrew Wednesday after being warned their seizure of the island was a violation of the ceasefire agreement with government.

112.   The peace pact, signed in the southern Somali port city of Kismayo on Saturday, was aimed at strengthening an existing ceasefire agreement.

113.   The Tajik government and Islamic opposition on Saturday reached a provisional ceasefire agreement, UN special envoy Ramiro Piriz-Ballon said here.

114.   The two countries prepared a draft to form two working groups in their capitals to monitor a ceasefire agreement between the two countries.

115.   The SSA is one of the major armed insurgent groups in Myanmar yet to sign a ceasefire agreement with the junta, which deems the group a terrorist organisation.

116.   The sources said both sides were aiming to have the ceasefire agreement in place before the end of the year.

117.   The SSA is one of the major armed insurgent groups in Myanmar yet to sign a ceasefire agreement with the junta, which deems the group a terrorist outfit.

118.   The Russian Communist Party welcomed the ceasefire agreement, and said it regretted the government had not made such a move earlier, Interfax said.

119.   The Tajik government and Islamic opposition came close to a ceasefire agreement here Friday on the fourth day of UN-sponsored peace talks here, delegates said.

120.   The Taliban militia vowed to fight back as UN special envoy to Afghanistan Norbert Holl admitted he had failed in an attempt to broker a ceasefire agreement.