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Last week's unofficial Geneva Accord outlining a peace plan between Israel and the Palestinians sparked controversy on both sides. Hardliners accused the dealmakers of selling out their respective sides: the Israeli negotiators were accused of undermining their own government, while Palestinians decried the document's abandonment of Palestinian refugees' right of return to land inside Israel proper. The Bush Administration seems to be supporting the deal if only to pressure Israel, as Secretary of State Colin Powell met with the drafters despite complaints by Israel. What do you think? Is the plan worth U.S. support if only to restart...
...believe that the Road Map to Peace isn't detailed enough, and therefore won't be accepted by both sides. Details are going to be decided last minute and a compromise is going to be hard to obtain. The Geneva accord is very detailed, and futhermore it is proposed by the local population. The one problem is that the populace has no power. Overall I think the Geneva accord is more likely to work if backed by a powerful country. Jeremy R. Palo Alto, Calif...
Will such moves be enough to lure back customers like Jetta owner Ann Jones? A few weeks ago, she became fed up with her car and traded it in for a new Honda Accord. It's a testament to VW that she did so grudgingly. "I will miss the Volkswagen style, and I was saddened to leave my Jetta," she says. But her Accord provides her with something her Jetta never did: "I have more peace of mind." --With reporting by Joseph R. Szczesny/Detroit and Steve Zwick/Frankfurt
...regime forced the U.S. to take notice in October 2002 by admitting that it had cheated on its 1994 accord with Clinton to stop pursuing nukes and was well down the road toward making some. Now the threat was grave: North Korea had tested a missile that could deliver a nuclear warhead to the U.S., and the cash-strapped regime could conceivably sell some of its stock to terrorists. North Korea's worried neighbors felt Washington's harsh line had driven Kim to reckless behavior. In January Pyongyang quit the NPT, threw out inspectors and accelerated its plutonium production...
...chelhofer, resigned under pressure and was replaced with several executives who now each command one brand. Will such moves be enough to lure back customers like Ann Jones? A few weeks ago, she grew fed up with her Jetta and traded it in for a new Honda Accord. It's a testament to VW that she did so grudgingly. "I will miss the Volkswagen style and I was saddened to leave my Jetta," she says. But her Accord provides her with something the Jetta never could: "I have more peace of mind...