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In times of bitter conflict, what does it take to make peace? An experienced mediator and two former heads of state who helped to end some of the world’s most intractable conflicts discuss how to get warring sides beyond the dehumanization and rage.

Dignitaries bid farewell to the late Martti Ahtisaari at a ceremony Friday in Finland's capital for the former president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who helped facilitate peace deals in the countries of many of the mourners. Ahtisaari died Oct. 16 at the age of 86. More than 800 dignitaries and guests, including Kosovo President

Foreign dignitaries gathered in Finland’s capital on Friday to bid farewell to former President Martti Ahtisaari, including leaders of countries where he helped reach peace accords. Ahtisaari, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008, died Oct. 16 at the age of 86. More than 800 dignitaries and guests, including Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani, Namibian President Hage Geingob, former Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, and the former leaders of Indonesia and its Free Aceh rebel movem...

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Europe News: Foreign dignitaries gathered in Finland's capital to bid farewell to former President Martti Ahtisaari, who died at the age of 86. Ahtisaari, a Nobel

Dignitaries bid farewell to former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, a Social Democrat and Nobel laureate who held the office through the end of the 1990s.

Dignitaries bid farewell to the late Martti Ahtisaari at a ceremony Friday in Finlands capital for the former president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who helped facilitate peace deals in the countries of many of the mourners.

SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has paid tribute to Finland's former president Martti Ahtisaari, who died at the age of 86 last Monday (Oct 16).  "I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing," said PM Lee in a condolence letter to Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo on Oct 20.

"It is with deep sadness that we have received the news of the death of President Martti Ahtisaari," the current president, Sauli Niinisto, said in a statement.