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The government has given protesting farmers written assurance that their demands - which include legal guarantees for MSP - will be met, sources said Tuesday afternoon, in what is a hugely significant moment for an agitation that has rumbled on relentlessly for over 15 months. Should they accept this offer, the farmers will call off a protest that has made headlines across the country (and the world) for more than a year, triggering violent clashes with security forces, furious debates and ruckus in Parliament, and the deaths, reportedly, of more than 700 farmers.