They are now starting to return following an agreement reached between the U.N. and Indonesian authorities.

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After two weeks of mind-numbing debate, including two final days of round-the-clock haggling, world leaders have reached a deal at the U.N. climate talks in Durban, South Africa.

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Its worldwide image is of the nation that reached modernity first, inventing trends from blue jeans to rock 'n' roll, since widely adopted and adapted elsewhere.

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PARIS, France -- France says it will no longer oppose a U.N. resolution to lift sanctions on Libya after UTA bomb victims' families reached a deal, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin said.

CNN: France 'stops blocking Libya deal'

If a deal isn't reached by then, he said, an interim arrangement or an extension of the U.N. mandate could be possible.

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