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London: William Mader, Anne Constable Paris: Christopher Redman, Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Rome: Cathy Booth Eastern Europe: John Borrell Moscow: John Kohan, Ann Blackman Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond Beijing: Sandra Burton, Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Bangkok: Ross H. Munro Seoul: David S. Jackson Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Central America: John Moody Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...
...deepening isolation. Syria, already something of a pariah among Arab states for its support of Iran in the gulf war, felt even more lonely after other Arab leaders decided to resume relations with Egypt. Last December Assad moved to break his diplomatic quarantine by agreeing to restore relations with Cairo. With a foreign debt of more than $10 billion in addition to obligations to Moscow, Assad needs the help of well-heeled Arab brethren...
Even where crops were not affected, the cold struck a blow at agriculture by snarling transportation. On the Mississippi River, barges were frozen north of Cairo, Ill. The sub-zero temperatures hit midway through the biggest single delivery of corn -- 11 million tons -- to the Soviet Union. Some 6 million tons had already been shipped from Gulf ports, but the rest was still in storage in elevators along the Mississippi...
...Arab chorus of condemnation when Egypt began peace negotiations with Israel, breaking off diplomatic relations shortly after Anwar Sadat's visit to Jerusalem in 1977, two years before the Egyptian- Israeli peace treaty was signed. And Syria remained the most stubborn holdout until last week, when Damascus and Cairo announced that the two countries would resume relations after a twelve-year hiatus. The restored ties will be celebrated sometime in January at a meeting between Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Syrian President Hafez Assad. One possibly helpful result of their detente: a moderation in Syrian opposition to current Middle East...
...fold. In recent months, Assad has felt increasingly isolated, especially after the Soviet Union served notice that it would no longer support his aim of strategic parity with Israel. Now only Libya lacks diplomatic relations with Egypt, but even Tripoli is making an attempt to smooth its dealings with Cairo: last October Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi paid his first visit to Egypt in 16 years to meet with Mubarak. By all accounts the session was businesslike but amicable...