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Oct 2024
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Gaza ceasefire talks to resume; Guterres...

The Economist
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Gaza ceasefire talks will soon resume in Qatar, Antony Blinken, America’s secretary of state, announced alongside Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al Thani, Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister. 
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