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Madagascar's main political movements have extended talks in Addis Ababa aimed at patching over bitter rivalries preventing the formation of a transitional government.

Madagascar's leading politicians have reached agreement on ending 10 months of unrest.

The decree, announced by the transitional President Andry Rajoelina Saturday night, on the appointment of a consensus prime minister, Eugene Mangalaza, was canceled by the Madagascan State Council on Thursday.

The chiefs of four Madagascan political camps will probably meet in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, from November 3 to 5 which is aimed at ending the current political crisis in the island country, media reports said here on Monday.

The leaders of Madagascar's four main political groups will meet in Geneva at the weekend to set up transitional institutions to restore stability after a coup in March.

Leaders of the island's four main political groups are scheduled to meet in Geneva this weekend to try again to agree on key transitional government posts.

WHEN Andry Rajoelina, a former mayor of Antananarivo, Madagascar's capital, seized power in a bloodless coup in March, governments across the world, especially in Africa, rose up in condemnation.

Rajoelina sacks hard-line PM Reuters Madagascar's president has named a new prime minister and fired his former premier, who had refused to step down under the terms of a power-sharing deal aimed at ending nine months of political turmoil.

Madagascar's political leaders have agreed to appoint a multiparty transitional government, headed by Andry Rajoelina, the leader who seized power last March, until new elections.

In Madagascar, a new transitional government is scheduled to begin work Thursday after opposing political parties unanimously agreed to a new cabinet.

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Madagascar's ousted President Marc Ravalomanana has rejected a deal reached earlier this week on the composition of a new transitional government.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on Madagascar's leaders to quickly conclude talks on a transitional government following progress made under United Nations-backed mediation in the crisis that led to the President's ouster earlier this year.

A deal on who should hold the top posts in Madagascar's power-sharing government faced collapse on Thursday after ousted leader Marc Ravalomanana refused to endorse his rival as president.

AU Chief: August Deal Only Way to Solve Madagascar Crisis By VOA News 06 October 2009 The African Union is calling on Madagascar's political rivals to stick to an August power-sharing deal, saying "there is no other alternative" to ending the country's political crisis.

Police have dispersed protesters with tear gas outside a meeting of mediators who hope to smooth over Madagascar's post-coup political turmoil.

There are 8 wounded and 17 arrested, after fighting broke out on September 26 in front of the Mahamasina Stadium in downtown Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.

Madagascar's transitional government has welcomed African Union calls for another round of negotiations to resolve the deepening political crisis.

Later this afternoon, Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina will address the General Assembly here in New York, but some don't want him here at all.

The United States has called on the leaders of the "unconstitutional governments" of Madagascar and Guinea to step down and hold elections.