For now, links to about a dozen reports, analyses, commentaries and interviews: from the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials as highlighted. (Scroll down for IRAN 4-10-26.  Scroll up for today’s LEBANON so far.) — MCM

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U.S.-Iran talks begin in Pakistan as war’s fragile truce holds, by Munir Ahmed, Sam Metz, E. Eduardo Castillo and Samy Magdy | AP  ISLAMABAD — The United States and Iran began negotiations today in Pakistan, days after a fragile, two-week ceasefire was announced, as the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets entered its seventh week. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others. Click HERE and HERE for reports from NPR and Middle East Eye.

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Lebanese journalist Kim Ghattas shares likely outcome of U.S.-Iran talks in Pakistan. Scott Simon of NPR speaks with Lebanese journalist Kim Ghattas. Click HERE to listen and, later, read; and HERE and HERE for all nine Iran war-related segments on NPR’s “All Things Considered” Friday and “Weekend Edition Saturday.”

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FROM APRIL 10  Could the Islamabad talks end 48 years of hostility between the U.S. and Iran? by Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Middle East Eye  After 40 days of military confrontation, the ceasefire between Iran on one side and the United States and Israel on the other emerged from a combination of military, strategic, political, and economic realities. READ MORE . . .

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