Is Algeria's dialogue initiative for Libya still viable?

U.N. Special Envoy Bernardino Leon (C) attends a meeting in Ghadames September 29, 2014. Libya's elected parliament held U.N.-brokered talks with foes tied to a rival assembly on Monday calling for a ceasefire by armed factions and more dialogue to end a confrontation driving the OPEC member state close to civil war. Leon said after the meetings that both sides agreed on the need for a ceasefire, for humanitarian aid for victims of recent clashes in Tripoli, and to work to reopen airports closed by fighting

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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (L), Algerian former President Chadli Bendjedid (R) and leader of the Islamist Ennahda movement Rached Ghannouchi (C) pray during the funeral of the first President of independent Algeria Ahmed Ben Bella at Al Alia Cemetery in Algiers April 13, 2012. Ahmed Ben Bella helped lead Algeria's fight for independence from France and after victory became its first president, a figure who symbolised the romance of the national liberation struggle before the harsh reality of ru

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Is Algeria's dialogue initiative for Libya still viable?

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