All sides are expressing cautious optimism that after more than a year and a-half, the peace process may start moving again.

VOA: standard.2010.05.03

Since the 49-year-old suffered catastrophic injuries after separate accidents, he has constantly asked for one thing: the right to die in peace.

VOA: standard.2009.08.14

Israel and the Palestinians are trading blame after President Obama's call to resume peace talks.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

President Karzai's appeal for peace also comes two days after a statement attributed to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar appeared on a Taliban Web site.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

President Obama called for a return to peace talks on Thursday, two days after the Israeli government announced a partial settlement freeze in the West Bank.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

(Speech) The Prime Minister said the settlement freeze is limited and building in the West Bank will resume after 10 months, even if peace talks resume.

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

The situation is in stark contrast to 2008, when elections were held after a peace deal ended a 10-year violent insurgency and drew Maoist rebels into the political mainstream.

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

The Palestinians say they decided to take the matter of statehood to the U.N.Security Council out of frustration that 16 years after the signing of the Oslo accords there is still no peace agreement.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

Officials here say Mitchell, the former Senate Majority Leader and Northern Ireland peace negotiator, had obtained a Syrian visa several weeks ago but did not want to make the visit until after the Lebanese election.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

The offer of talks comes nearly a year after New Delhi virtually put on hold a peace dialogue between the two countries following last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, which India blamed on terrorists based in Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Mr.Netanyahu has been a strong supporter of Jewish settlement in all of the biblical land of Israel, but he imposed the construction freeze last month after urging from the United States, which sees the settlements as an obstacle to peace.

VOA: standard.2009.12.10

He pioneered a new policy of South Korean reconciliation with the North, beginning with the historic Mr.Kim won the Nobel Peace Prize after that meeting - although the event was later tarnished by allegations South Korea paid the North half a billion dollars to hold the summit.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

After the meetings, Mitchell told journalists it is imperative to achieve a full and comprehensive peace in the region to improve the lives of everyone "We believe that a full comprehensive peace represents the best way to help all of the people of the region achieve the security, the peace,and the prospect for prosperity for individual citizens that all deserve,".

VOA: standard.2009.07.27