Word: fischers
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...TIME State Department correspondent Dean Fischer adds that while the U.S. will likely press Yeltsin to respect religious freedom, ?it?s unlikely that the issue would be allowed to derail the relationship between the two countries.? Expect loud condemnation of religious intolerance from the White House, followed by a resumption of business as usual...
TIME Washington correspondent Dean Fischer observes that Tung has yet to be tested on the toughest takeover issues, such as anticipated press scrutiny of Premier Li Peng or China's crucial 15th Communist Party Congress. "He hasn't had to confront a real choice on an issue that would help Beijing and hurt the people of Hong Kong," says Fischer...
RAMALLAH, West Bank: Four days of Middle East shuttling by special envoy Dennis Ross has left Yasser Arafat emptyhanded - and spitting mad. All Ross was able to extract from Netanyahu was today's lifting of another travel ban. Says TIME's State Department correspondent Dean Fischer: "It's not much of a concession...
...Fischer understands the Palestinian leader's frustration. "Netanyahu got through Ross's visit with all his cards intact. He has no reason to relent." And all Arafat got was this lousy T-shirt...
JERUSALEM: Yasser Arafat may be useless in the eyes of both Israelis and Palestinians, but the U.S. still believes "he's the best show in town," TIME's Dean Fischer reports. "Placed next to alternatives like Hamas, he looks very good indeed." The way Israel sees it, if Arafat can't rein in militants on Palestinian territory, its troops are more than willing to do it for him. And while Palestinian officials blast that threat as paramount to a "declaration of war," the wobbly Arafat government is no shape to put up much of a fight. Outraged by Hamas violence...