Dec 3rd, 2008 · An NPR holiday tradition for nearly two decades, Hanukkah Lights presents brand new fiction to celebrate and illuminate the holiday season — moving tales of discovery and reconciliation, the persistence of hope and the promise of undimmed light — read by Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz.
Nov 10th, 2008 · The two main Palestinian factions have been bitterly divided since fighting in the streets of the Gaza Strip more than a year ago. Hamas and Fatah, were supposed to meet in Egypt this week for reconciliation talks but Hamas is boycotting them. The breakdown points to the entrenched divisions between Hamas and Fatah.
Jul 5th, 2008 · A group of Sunni and Shiite leaders will meet in Iraq with Martin McGuinne, the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and former IRA leader, and Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African negotiator who helped end apartheid. They have been meeting privately with Iraq's politicians for two years to try and hammer out an agreement on reconciliation. On Saturday, they'll announce the results — a new accord among Iraq's feuding political factions, reports Lourdes Garcia-Navarro.
May 12th, 2008 · Veteran peace negotiator Padraig O'Malley worked on the conflicts in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Mac Maharaj played a role in the latter nation's anti-apartheid movement. Both took part in recent closed-door negotiations in Finland, aimed at bringing reconciliation among rival factions in Iraq.
Mar 18th, 2008 · A meeting of rival Iraqi political factions was held in the Green Zone on Tuesday in a bid to spur reconciliation. But the gathering was marred by shouting matches -- and some key players walked out.
Jan 15th, 2008 · President Bush's eight-day trip to the Mideast continued Tuesday with another round of talks with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at the monarch's desert horse ranch. The president also dispatched Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Baghdad to urge Iraqi leaders to speed reconciliation efforts.
Jan 9th, 2008 · Improvements in security in Iraq have not been accompanied by political progress. The reconciliation efforts that the U.S. military has fostered at the local level have not been matched at the national level, where political battles continue to paralyze the government.
Dec 21st, 2007 · There's a lull in the fighting in Baghdad as the surge in American troops helps to stabilize the capital. The U.S. military struck deals for peace with Iraqi militias on all sides and in the process gave up on religious reconciliation. That creates a fragile sense of calm.