Peace talks were suspended in December and efforts to revive them have bogged down over the issue of Israeli settlement expansion.

VOA: standard.2009.09.19

Sovereign is to have supreme command over life and death, war and peace, what is to be taught and heard.

君主对人的生死，和平或是战争,均拥有至高无上的权力，其他人等只有服从命令。

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Not only should one seek peace but we have an obligation, he says, to lay down our arms, to lay down our right to all things on the condition that others around us are prepared to do so as well.

我们不仅是应该寻求和平,还有义务来放下自己的武器，在周围的人准备同样作的情况之下,放弃我们对一切事物的权利。

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Government attempts to strike peace deals with the militants have not stopped the fighting and have sparked criticism from U.S.officials.

VOA: standard.2009.05.05

I think that part is fine, but behind that you need something to replace what was there When you have peace then you need to bring in stablity that means economic stability as well as security stability You need the police. You need the government. You need the economy.

我认为计划本身是好的，但还需要一些东西来填充以为以前的空缺,和平了，你就需要稳定，经济稳定，安全局势的稳定等,我们需要警察，需要政府，经济也要发展。

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"I like to look at things logically,". "What are your chances of negotiating peace when now we have over 1000 civilians dead?

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

So they started off. They wanted to have-- They set up peace talks where a representative of the Eagle and a representative of the Rattler were set to meet and plan ways so that they could disarm and stop using cuss words and everything like that.

然后他们开始了，他们想…,他们进行和谈,老鹰队的代表,和响尾蛇队的代表,安排见面，制定方法,从而解除武装，不再说脏话,诸如此类的目标。

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded that the Palestinians have refused to resume peace talks despite Israeli concessions.

VOA: standard.2010.01.10

Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon says times have changed since Israel agreed to the land-for-peace formula under the Oslo Accords in 1993.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Palestinian leaders on Sunday stuck to their demands that Israel stop all settlement activity before any resumption of peace talks that have been stalled since December.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

Qatari-mediated talks have also produced general framework agreements to reach a lasting peace.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

Jagland firmly disagrees. "If you look at the history of the Nobel Peace Prize, we have on many occasions tried to enhance what many personalities is trying to do,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

This Israeli government is doing nothing. Look on the ground: we have recognized the State of Israel's right to live in peace and security, next to the state of Palestine.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"We'll address directly the notion, I think,that many have wondered, which is the juxtaposition of the timing for the Nobel Peace Prize and his commitment to add more troops into Afghanistan,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

The Pakistani army has fought in Waziristan several times in recent years with little to show for its efforts except peace deals that have quickly fallen apart and emboldened Mehsud and his fighters.

VOA: standard.2009.06.18

The Palestinians claim the West Bank and East Jerusalem as territory for a future state, and they have conditioned a resumption of peace talks on a halt to all Israeli construction in those areas.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07