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Tuesday, August 5, 2014
UN praises ceasefire, urges durable truce
A spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he urged the parties to begin talks as soon as possible in Cairo on a durable ceasefire “and the underlying issues.”
The United Nations is prepared to support these efforts, Ban says in the statement, according to the spokesman.
— AP contributed
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