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SARAJEVO: As the September 14 date for nationwide elections in Bosnia draws near, U.S. and European leaders are nearly unanimous in their resolve to stick to the provisions of the Dayton Peace Accords, but the International Crisis Group, an independent think-tank, is urging a delay. ICG held press conferences Wednesday in London and Sarajevo to argue that the collapse of any semblance of democracy in Bosnia threatens to cement the ethnic division that sparked the war in the first place. The group's opinion carries significant weight, as its chairman is highly-regarded former Senate majority leader George Mitchell...
SARAJEVO: NATO troops confiscated an concealed cache of undeclared weapons and ammunition from Serbian forces in Eastern Bosnia amid admissions that there are many more such hidden stores. According to the terms of the Dayton agreement, each of the former warring parties in Bosnia is supposed to declare all weapons and military materiel so the UN and NATO can implement an equitable arms control agreement. Secretary of State Warren Christopher said the seizure would send a strong message to anyone violating the accord, but sounded a note of reality as well. "We always knew the Dayton agreement was complex...
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to slow the withdrawal of his troops from the town of Hebron, the last occupied town in the West Bank. His proposal will contradict part of the Israel-PLO autonomy accord agreed to by PLO leader Yasser Arafat and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai will present the proposal, which calls for Israeli troops to continue to patrol both the streets of Hebron and the corridor between Hebron and the nearby Israeli town of Kiryat Arba, gradually pulling out if no violence occurs. An Israeli government spokesman said the plan...
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to slow the withdrawal of his troops from the town of Hebron, the last occupied town in the West Bank. His proposal will contradict part of the Israel-PLO autonomy accord agreed to by PLO leader Yasser Arafat and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai will present the proposal, which calls for Israeli troops to continue to patrol both the streets of Hebron and the corridor between Hebron and the nearby Israeli town of Kiryat Arba, gradually pulling out if no violence occurs. An Israeli government spokesman said the plan...
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to slow the withdrawal of his troops from the town of Hebron, the last occupied town in the West Bank. His proposal will contradict part of the Israel-PLO autonomy accord agreed to by PLO leader Yasser Arafat and former Prime Minister Shimon Peres. Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai will present the proposal, which calls for Israeli troops to continue to patrol both the streets of Hebron and the corridor between Hebron and the nearby Israeli town of Kiryat Arba, gradually pulling out if no violence occurs. An Israeli government spokesman said the plan...