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Another American hostage, Jesse Turner, 44, was released in Beirut last week, and once again the process followed a familiar pattern. One of the pro-Iranian Lebanese groups provided new evidence concerning the fate of one of the five Israeli soldiers still unaccounted for in Lebanon. Jerusalem responded by ordering the release of 15 Lebanese Shi'ite prisoners. That gesture, in turn, led to the freeing of Turner, a former mathematics professor who had been held for four years and nine months...
...most fractious moment in U.S.-Israeli relations since Ronald Reagan tried in vain to stop Israel's advance on Beirut in 1982. Bush's decision to abandon quiet diplomacy and publicly flag his determination to push the Shamir government toward a peaceful resolution of its conflict with its Arab neighbors left Israel stunned -- but largely unrepentant. After days of bellicose statements from Shamir hinting that he would rather see the peace conference founder than withdraw his request for loan guarantees, Israel offered one carrot. "Israel is not seeking a confrontation with the U.S., its ally," said Foreign Minister David Levy...
...flurry of activity produced other promising signs. Encouraging communiques issued by two groups of kidnappers confirmed for the first time since his abduction in May 1989 that Briton Jack Mann is still alive. Reuters quoted an unidentified official in Beirut as saying an American and a Briton, possibly envoy Terry Waite, would be released "for certain" within a week. That sounded as though the end game may now be under way in earnest. But nothing on the Middle East chessboard is for certain...
...BEIRUT, Lebanon--Lebanon's top Shiite Muslim cleric said yesterday that a Western hostage would be released in weeks, but urged a one-time swap involving the captives and Arab prisoners to end the crisis...
Held in Lebanon are five Americans, three Britons, two west Germans and an Italian. The longest-held is Terry Anderson, 43, chief Middle East correspondent of The Associated Press. He was kidnapped in Beirut on March...