India:Union, states to meet on Naxal problem "Chief secretaries and director-generals of police of nine state governments are slated to put their heads together here on Friday on the question of combatting the spurt in activities of the Naxalites. "
Philippines: Govt, NDF start 5-day informal talks in Norway "Yap, the [Government] panel’s senior consultant, said as he left for Oslo Tuesday that the five-day "informal" negotiation with negotiators of the National Democratic Front (NDF), the political wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), is being anticipated to stir up formal talks meant to peacefully end the 34-year-old Maoist insurgency in the country."