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• n  a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms

• In Cairo, a Bulgarian armistice mission waited.
• The armistice that the combatants signed 15 years ago led to one of the longest truces in the modern history of warfare.
• In London last week the European Advisory Commission worked out the final draft of an armistice for Bulgaria.

• cease-fire
• truce

News & Articles

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• Two Koreas strike cautious accord on high-level talks
  Seoul (AFP) June 10, 2013 North and South Korea struck Monday a patchy agreement to hold a high-level meeting in Seoul, following marathon talks aimed at rebuilding trust after months of soaring tension and threats of nuclear war. Sunday's preparatory talks, held in the border truce village of Panmunjom where the armistice ending the 1950-53 Korean War was signed, were the first between the two ...
  June 11, 2013 - Space War
• Sacred Service
  MARTINSBURG -In 1917, a year before the armistice that would end World War I, John S. Shumaker was born into a loving family in the Shenandoah Valley.
  June 10, 2013 - The Martinsburg Journal
• Israel aims to stay out of Syria conflict despite Golan friction
  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel aims to stay out of Syria's civil war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, despite violence eroding security on the Golan Heights border area. The strategic plateau, most of which has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 war, saw fierce fighting last week between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces and Syrian rebels near the armistice line ...
  June 9, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News

Quotes

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• President Bush in San Jose Mercury News
  Speaking after two days of meetings with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, Bush said, "I believe that any peace agreement between them will require mutually agreed adjustments to the armistice lines...
• Barack Obama in ABC News (blog)
  If North Korea is genuinely prepared to completely and verifiably eliminate their nuclear weapons program, the Obama administration will be willing to normalize bilateral relations, replace the peninsula's long-standing armistice agreements with a... Hillary Rodham Clinton http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Rodham_Clinton&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHOarXVfe0H5lTsVdy93IEoGrJtYg FOXNews http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/13/report-russian-help-iran-alter-plans-missile-defense&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHovJXUvk_d77Qu_huzKuxJYB75iQ Feb 13, 2009 5406 7886 armistice There will be no simple moment of surrender to mark the journey's end - no armistice or banner headline," Obama told the over 20,000 in attendance. "Though we have had more success in eliminating al Qaeda leaders in recent months than in...