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...permit-virtually impossible for Palestinians to attain in the first place. Such action, along with the building of the settlement on Jabal Aba-Ghneim (Har Homa) and last September's opening of a tunnel underneath the Dome of the Rock, is clearly in violation of the Oslo peace accord's stipulation that the status of Jerusalem not be altered until final status negotiations. The authors, on the other hand, are concerned that The Crimson's reference to East Jerusalem as "Arab East Jerusalem" deems it Arab in advance of permanent status negotiations. If they really want to worry about violations...
...trying to keep our boys off the Mir (in case any more satellites decided to fly into it) ? and Ted Turner pumping Kofi Annan with a billion-dollar handshake (in case the U.N. should collapse for want of Time-Warner shares). Even the Pentagon got jittery when the Oslo accord tried to prise a pile of landmines from its stiff little fingers: We're the world's policemen, sulked the top brass, and if we can't play with our exploding toys, we're going home...
...sought to continue using mines in Korea and to withdraw from the agreement in times of war. It had delayed the vote on the accord by 24 hours, to engage in an ultimately futile round of last-minute lobbying. The Oslo conference is expected to formally ratify the accord Thursday, following which it will be presented to governments for ratification in December...
...TIME's Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson reports that the military is aware of the current emotional climate ? but isn't happy with the Oslo accord, and doesn't even think some of its anti-personnel weaponry should be on the table. "It looks like there?s no room for compromise unless Clinton is willing to steamroller the military, which I don?t believe he?s likely to do,? says Thompson...
...Among Washington?s objections: they want to keep mines along the Korean border and to be able to nix the accord altogether in time of war. These have been rejected by the other parties at Oslo ? which leaves the White House negotiating a particularly tricky political minefield...