Peres has readied deal on provisional Palestinian state:

Peres has readied deal on provisional Palestinian state:
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said Monday he prepared an
accord with the Palestinians on the creation within eight weeks
of a Palestinian state with provisional borders. "We reached an
understanding which wasn't approved by the (Israeli) government
and neither was it rejected," Peres said at a press conference in
Sofia during a visit to Bulgaria. --AFP

Indian troop withdrawal can ease tension:Pakistan said on Monday
military tension with nuclear rival India over disputed Kashmir
will simmer so long as Indian forces remain massed at their
common border. A Foreign Ministry spokesman said Islamabad would
immediately reciprocate if India pulled back its forces deployed
at the border since the start of the military standoff between
the two neighbors in December. --Reuters