Word: accords
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...over a small parcel of Israeli-occupied territory. Albright wants to stay out of petty real estate disputes and keep Barak and Arafat focused on resolving bigger questions. But the men still distrust one another so much that it's hard to see how they'll reach a final accord. "We're still in an environment where problems are a certainty," says a senior U.S. official...
...over a small parcel of Israeli-occupied territory. Albright wants to stay out of petty real estate disputes and keep Barak and Arafat focused on resolving bigger questions. But the men still distrust one another so much that it's hard to see how they'll reach a final accord. "We're still in an environment where problems are a certainty," says a senior U.S. official...
...Biema. "This is a muddy area for them. They've decided they don't want gay unions performed in their churches, but that decision hasn't been unanimously popular among Methodist ministers." As the gay-rights movement prepares to enter its second century, it is reminded that an accord with every religious institution may well not be over when the next century rolls around...
Yitzhak Rabin risked - and lost - his life for the Oslo Accord, and President Clinton hopes his memory will inspire Yasser Arafat and Ehud Barak to take the giant steps required to complete the peace process. But it may take more than even Rabin's inspirational example, commemorated by Arafat, Barak and Clinton in a ceremony in the Norwegian capital Tuesday, to spur progress in the troubled march to peace. After all, even at the height of the optimism and trust forged between Rabin and Arafat, the "final status" issues currently on the table were considered too contentious to tackle...
...decline of the national parties may pose a Herculean challenge for anyone trying to govern, but it also paradoxically reflects a growing political consensus in India. This election was principally a personality contest between Vajpayee and Gandhi; their parties are in broad accord on issues ranging from economic reform to nuclear weapons to the conflict with Pakistan over Kashmir. "Indian democracy may produce unstable governments, but the country?s political and economic direction has been remarkably stable for most of the decade," says Rahman. No matter who's at the wheel, the broad policy direction remains the same. And that...