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...Amman, Jordan's King Hussein and Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, agreed on a "framework for common action" in reaching a settlement with Israel over the fate of some 1.3 million Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Though exact terms of the accord were not released, the U.S. was told through diplomatic channels that it contained at least the implicit recognition of Israel's right to exist...
...general understanding" to a specific five-point plan, the accord is the latest in a long effort by Hussein to gain standing from the P.L.O. as a Palestinians' representative, or at least temporary partner, in negotiations with Israel. But its fragility was underscored by Arafat's hasty departure from Amman to his headquarters in Tunisia, presumably to seek support for the deal from other leaders in the faction-ridden P.L.O. In 1983, after Arafat and Hussein had reached tentative agreement on a similar plan, the P.L.O. chairman was unable to cobble together the necessary backing...
...Amman immediately signaled "no goal" and his judgement stood, despite the protests...
Eleven minutes later, Amman said a Bills Cleary shot from the right point was opped in by MacDonald's stick, which was too high. However, it seemed that the biscuit might have bounced in off a Cornell shoulder, in which case the score would have stood...
...persuading a majority of the Palestine National Council (P.N.C.), a parliament-in-exile for the Palestinian movement, to hold its annual meeting in the Jordanian capital of Amman last week, Yasser Arafat once again demonstrated his talents as a survivor...