TAJIK GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION EXTEND TRUCE.

Despite continuingreports of clashes between the Tajik opposition and Russian forcesin Tajikistan, Tajik president Imammali Rakhmonov and Tajik oppositionleader Abdullo Nuri have agreed to extend the shaky truce betweenthe two sides for six more months, Russian radio reported August17. The UN-brokered cease-fire had been scheduled to expire August26.

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