Word: accords
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Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Estonian President Lennart Meri signed an agreement ending Russia's 50-year military presence in the Baltic republic. Russia will withdraw its 2,000 remaining troops by month's end in the compromise accord, which allows some 10,000 retired Soviet military officers living in Estonia to apply for residency there...
...quad would thus keep all its buildings on the Yard side of Prescott Street which, coupled with Boylston, creates "a pillar on either side of Widener," accord ing to Wolff...
...that time, however, Clinton may have been grateful for the distractions. In a major embarrassment at the summit, the Administration was forced to withdraw a last-minute initiative aimed at attacking trade barriers not covered under the recently completed GATT global trade accord. Sprung on the G-7 leaders just 10 days before the summit opened, the initiative was cautiously accepted by some countries but was flatly and publicly rejected by the French. Stung by having to withdraw the initiative so abruptly, Clinton privately blamed his trade team for sloppy preparation...
Phillipe insists that Jonassaint will honor the Governors Island agreement signed by Aristide and Haiti's military leaders in New York last July -- as the U.S. has long demanded -- save one critical component: it will no longer accept Aristide's resumption of the presidency. The accord also requires the removal of military ruler Cedras. Phillipe claimed that talks have been opened with China in hopes of landing Cedras a face-saving ambassadorship. Zhao Hufei, the counselor at China's U.N. mission, confirmed that discussions were under way, saying, "Anything is possible if we have diplomatic relations with Haiti." Such relations...
With great fanfare, Russian President Boris Yeltsin completed a peace agreement signed by leaders of the main parliamentary factions, trade unions and religious groups. The accord, which pledges that all sides will refrain from violence, is intended to last two years -- giving the government time to act on economic reforms...