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