Word: cairo
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...Middle East issues. The U.S. hopes to restart the suspended talks be tween Egypt and Israel on the question of Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. To do this, Washington is considering issuing its own definition of autonomy, which is expected to be closer to Cairo's concept of Palestinian self-rule than Jerusalem's. Says one top presidential aide...
...official: "Egypt will not participate in the Palestinian autonomy talks again until the complete withdrawal from Lebanon by Israel." Pushed by a rising tide of anti-American and anti-Israeli popular sentiment, Mubarak is determined to win real concessions in exchange for future cooperation. Says a Western diplomat in Cairo: "He is consumed with the need to keep ahead of his domestic critics and be viewed in Egyptian opinion as doing his utmost...
...indiscriminate killing in West Beirut is vivid evidence that neither of the two superpowers can step in. It is evidence of impotency in the face of Zionist aggression." In Cairo a foreign ministry official noted, "America is projecting an image of contusion, incoherence and weakness...
Terrible as it has been, the devastation of West Beirut seems to be a prelude to political settlement. The P.L.O. is committed to withdrawal; it has no choice. From its new headquarters, in Cairo or elsewhere, the organization will have reduced military power, but it will still receive support from the Saudis and the other gulf states, which have long backed Arafat and his Al-Fatah organization. In time, the P.L.O.'s political and diplomatic influence may well increase...
...furnish. It is largely the inspiration of René E. Hatt, 55, a beefy Swiss developer known to the hotel's 280 employees as Le Big Boss. Hatt, whose Nova-Park chain owns Switzerland's biggest hotel, in Zurich, also has hotels in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia and Cairo. This fall the chain will open its first U.S. hotel, in New York City; it will occupy the Gotham, a well-loved 77-year-old structure that is being totally rebuilt. Its presidential suite will rent for $1,750 a night, plus tax. Le Big Boss, who studied philosophy...