But a rapprochement between Chad and Sudan in 2010 has helped bring peace to that region.
But the rapprochement has been slow, fueling concerns that Turkey may be backsliding on its commitment.
Chavez was not interested in a rapprochement with the U.S., either by Cuba or Venezuela.
The Shanghai Communique was hailed as a brilliant Kissingerian solution and a significant step toward rapprochement.
Having grown up in East Germany, Ms Merkel is a latecomer to German-Jewish rapprochement.
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There are some signs of a rapprochement between the renegade mayoral candidate and his old party.
Many, including Indian politicians of all stripes, struggle to imagine any rapprochement with their old enemy.
Deloitte's best hope for getting out of its bind lies in a rapprochement between policymakers.
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Mr Asqarzadeh, who came fourth in Tehran, now advocates a rapprochement with the United States.
The Kaczynskis' scepticism about rapprochement with Germany and Russia chimed with some Poles' deep historical fears.
Hamas and Fatah, bitter enemies for many years, are still not close to a full rapprochement.
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The year 2010 is also declared as the International Year of Rapprochement of Cultures.
Her attendance at this year's parade appears a further step in her rapprochement with her former captors.
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Some commentators have suggested a rapprochement between the two parties but at the moment that seems unlikely.
We have since reached a rapprochement with Libya's Kadhafi, who was for long on the terrorism list.
More preoccupying to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, are the implications for her attempted rapprochement with India.
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On both sides of the border, the rapprochement of the past few months has been broadly welcomed.
Their journey turned out to be the first public move in a rapprochement between the two bitter enemies.
The main reforms introduced by Mr Blair will remain intact but there will be a rapprochement with clinicians.
Nonetheless, the summit did bring some signs of rapprochement between Jacques Chirac, the French president, and Mr Blair.
Erdogan's accelerating Islamicization of the once-secular Turkey has been accompanied by his intensifying rapprochement with Iran and Syria.
But Mr Lieberman said a rapprochement "should not be tied to other issues".
Even Jacques Chirac, his predecessor, tried a Franco-American rapprochement in his early years, before the big fall-out over Iraq.
Barring mass defections from other parties, he may have to seek rapprochement with Lee Hoi Chang and the GNP.
This was not one single operation in aftermath of a rapprochement with Gaddafi.
Russia's rapprochement is fragile since it hinges on an idea of modernisation that is unlikely to succeed without liberalisation.
Mr Franco, a bit of a spoiler, may resist any efforts at rapprochement.
The prize dwarfing all others would be a rapprochement with the United States.
Yet those in Western capitals who dream of rapprochement with a post-Ahmadinejad Islamic Republic should think twice, Mr. Vahedi warns.
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