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...expected signatures on a document to satisfy extremists. No one thought a peace agreement would end all fear. But it was hoped that a peace agreement would bring something like peace. It has not, and as a result, Israelis and Palestinians alike are near despair over their famous accord signed in Washington less than two years...
...relief from Palestinian fury but today find that violence is worse than before. The Palestinians wanted real control over their own lives but today find them as dominated by Israel as ever. Pollsters of both sides in recent weeks report that an increasing majority no longer support the peace accord...
Last November a U.S. customs inspector in El Paso, Texas, had a funny feeling about a Honda Accord that was attempting to cross from Mexico into the U.S. He motioned the car over to take a closer look, and the driver leaped out and disappeared down the street. When the El Paso police opened the trunk, they discovered three bodies: those of Josa Munoz Rubalcava, a retired Mexican police official, and his two sons, Alberto, 24, and Casar, 21. Someone had stabbed all three men in the back, trussed them with rope and added a macabre finishing touch...
...Hamas leader. The bombings, near Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, injured more than 40 people. Alisa Flatow, a 20-year-old junior at Brandeis University on vacation for Passover, died today of her wounds. Arafat's police chief, meanwhile, said the militant opposition to the Israel-PLO peace accord now amounts to just 150 gunmen who could easily be rounded...
...most comprehensive copyright-enforcement agreement ever negotiated by the U. S. with another country. Just 12 days after U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor threatened trade sanctions on more than $1 billion in Chinese goods, the U.S. and China signed an accord to end the piracy of American-made movies, compact discs and computer software. "It is a win-win agreement," said deputy trade representative Charlene Barshefsky...