Mr. Mandela has refused to meet with the Zulu leader Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi in a joint effort to halt fighting between their supporters.

Like him, many Iraqis considered Ayatollah Khomeini the main obstacle in peace talks that have been deadlocked since the start of an Aug. 20 truce that halted fighting in the war.

It was released two days after the Armistice that halted fighting in the First World War and depicts the lives of children living in war-devastated France.

Violence between Hindus and Muslims continued today in two Indian cities, despite the dispatch of soldiers to halt fighting in which more than 100 people have been killed in four days.

About 7,000 Syrian troops have been deployed around the suburbs since May 14, awaiting orders to move into the area to halt fighting between the Amal militia and the Party of God.

The agreement is the first definitive declaration by faction leaders to halt fighting in their lawless and famine-afflicted nation.

A8 Talks to halt fighting between Peru and Ecuador collapse.

He was dismissed in June 2006 after ignoring government requests to halt fighting with the Islamic Courts Union militia.

Despite the parties' agreement to halt fighting during aid deliveries, a UN convoy was fired upon, killing two aid workers.

The truce, which took effect at dawn today, was intended to halt fighting that killed 16 soldiers over the weekend.