Word: accordant
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...years, guerrillas reappeared as a political force last January when an indigenous peasant movement rose up and seized several towns in the southern state of Chiapas, leaving at least 145 dead. On Friday those rebels, who call themselves the Zapatista National Liberation Army, suspended their deliberations on a peace accord with the government, citing the country's uncertainties. Taking impetus from the revolt, discontented groups rose across the country, staging sit-ins and land grabs. Then two weeks ago, Alfredo Harp Helu, president of Mexico's largest bank, was kidnapped in Mexico City...
...happen to know the name of the group with which the Israelis recently reached a peace accord...
Bosnian Serbs and the Muslim government of Bosnia signed an agreement to open the besieged capital of Sarajevo to the outside world beginning Wednesday. The U.N.-brokered accord does not permit military or commercial traffic. In Washington, Bosnian Croats and Muslims signed the constitution of a new federated state, confederating it with Croatia. Meanwhile, Croatian Serbs and the government of Croatia said that they will meet in Zagreb this week to hold peace talks aimed at ending their three-year...
...Chiapas itself, there is no guarantee that the accord will pass muster among Zapatista supporters, and many point out that they have no assurances that the government's promises will last beyond the Aug. 21 elections. If the paper promises do not produce action, rebel leader Subcomandante Marcos vowed to launch another offensive in the Zapatista...
...Mexican government reached a tentative accord with Indian peasant rebels on major reforms in southern Chiapas state. The government promised to redistribute illegal large landholdings to poor peasants, begin a huge public works program in Chiapas and further outlaw discrimination against Indians...