61. The three factions had agreed Friday to release all prisoners, the first time they all had made such a commitment. 62. US negotiators in Geneva last week succeeded in getting the warring factions to agree on a partition of Bosnia between the Serb Republic and a Moslem and Croat federation. 63. Under US auspices, Iraqi factions agreed at a meeting in Drogheda, Ireland that were to open talks in August and September to settle their disputes. 64. Warring Afghan factions have agreed in principle to the formation of a neutral interim government but an opposition faction leader Tuesday claimed his rivals were stalling the process. 65. Last Tuesday, ECOMOG announced that the two factions had agreed to open the roads and allow peacekeepers to patrol them. 66. Meanwhile, Pakistan said Wednesday that warring Afghan factions should agree on a new interim power-sharing deal to end the bloodshed. 67. Other militants factions have agreed to the truce, without offering official statements, Hewliss says. 68. Perhaps the only thing the two rival factions agree on is that there will be more of the same. 69. SAPA said the warring factions agreed to set up a reconciliation committee and a joint communication structure to ensure peace in the strife-torn township. 70. Rival factions agreed to a ceasefire Friday after talks with the United Nations, relief officials and ECOMOG. |