Gaza Cease-Fire Takes Hold Ahead Of Talks With Israelis In Cairo -- Washington Post
JERUSALEM — A three-day cease-fire that ended the round-the-clock carnage and terror in Gaza and southern Israel was holding Wednesday ahead of negotiations in Cairo on a longer-term truce and perhaps a broader deal for the ravaged Gaza Strip.
Over the coming days, Egyptian mediators plan to shuttle between Palestinian and Israeli delegations to try to work out an agreement.
U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry, speaking in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corp., urged both sides to take advantage of the Gaza truce to move toward broader negotiations.
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MIDDLE EAST
Gaza: Israeli-Palestinian indirect talks begin in Cairo . Lasting Gaza truce tops Cairo talks agenda .
Iraq airstrike 'kills scores of IS fighters' . Iraq crisis: Mosul air strike 'kills dozens'.
Thousands of Kurds from Turkey, Syria enter Iraq to battle Islamic State .
White House looks to aid Kurdish fighters in Iraq .
Iraqi Yazidi MP: 'My people are being killed' .
UN warns Islamic State about crimes against humanity .
Saddam Hussein's tomb damaged in fighting .
Lebanese army surrounds border town, evacuates refugees.
Saudis give $1bn to Lebanon amid fighting .
Saudi being tested for Ebola dies in Jeddah .
ASIA
Philippine peace deal in jeopardy as Muslim rebels cry foul .
Drone strike kills five militants in northwest Pakistan .
Pakistan braces for wave of protests, army secures capita l.
Where do we start? Afghan unity talks at early impasse .
Japan defence paper warns over China's 'dangerous acts' in sea, air .
Japan marks 69th anniversary of US bombing of Hiroshima .
Sri Lanka groups say government wary of U.N. war crimes probe .
AFRICA
Egypt: Militants attack checkpoint, kill 5 polic e.
US warns DRC rebels of military action . US tells armed group in DRC to surrender or face 'military option'.
Sierra Leone 'unable to contain' ebola outbreak . Nigeria confirms five new Ebola cases .
Somalia's president expects new military push to begin in days .
Concerns for refugees mount in strife-torn Libya . Sudanese nationals 'killed in Libya violence'.
Sudan presidential, parliamentary polls to start on April 2, 2015 .
Barack Obama announces $33bn in Africa investmen t.
EUROPE
UN says Ukraine violence will affect millions .
Risk of Russian military deployment in Ukraine has risen, says Polish PM.
NATO chief accuses Russia of stirring up conflicts in Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine .
Ukraine crisis: Putin orders retaliatory sanctions .
Russia bans Siberia independence march .
Bulgaria calls snap election for 5 October .
Assange stakeout has cost nearly $12 million .
AMERICAS
Americans disgusted with country, Obama: Poll .
America's fed up: Obama approval rating hits all-time low, poll shows .
Poll shows majority of Americans disapprove of their own member of Congress. What about you?
Cuba calls US political work on island shameful .
Sgt Bowe Bergdahl questioned over capture .
Schools close, residents stock up as Hawaii preps for rare cyclones .
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Report: European governments’ hostage payments funding much of al-Qaida .
40 percent on U.S. terror screening list have ‘no recognized terrorist affiliation’ .
More than 1 million people are listed in U.S. terrorism database .
Defense lawyers: How would Gitmo convict be executed?
Defense says Cole attack mimicked a US ruse .
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Rising tension over Ukraine forces down European markets .
Russian criminals steal 1.2 billion passwords .
Facebook privacy challenge attracts 25,000 users .
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