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The White House says it is "cautiously optimistic" on the chances for a Gaza ceasefire deal after a new proposal by Hamas but stressed that talks were far from over. "We're cautiously optimistic that things are moving in the right direction," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters in a press briefing. SOUNDBITE
Guyana's leader, who heads the Caribbean bloc CARICOM, voices optimism at an emergency summit on finding a political solution in crisis-torn Haiti. "I'm very optimistic based on all the discussions today," President Irfaan Ali says. SOUNDBITE
"We are now at the closest we ever have been at reaching an agreement. We are very optimistic, we are very hopeful. But we are also very keen for this mediation to succeed in reaching a humanitarian truce" says Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari during a press conference in Doha. IMAGES
Riot police disperse protesters outside McDonald's in Guatemala City amid demonstrations denouncing what some claim is a campaign to prevent president-elect Bernardo Arevalo from taking power. IMAGES
Former McDonald's restaurants in Russia have been renamed "Vkusno i tochka" ("Delicious. Full Stop"). IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).