Word: halt
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NATO takes over Bosnian Serb radio transmitters in an effort to halt attacks on the Dayton peace accords (Reuters...
PARIS: Following a bloody spree that has seen more than 500 people massacred since late August, Algeria's banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) is urging the group blamed for the attacks to halt the killings. Government sources say Tuesday's massacre in an Algiers suburb was carried out by an FIS rival called the Armed Islamic Group, which was locked out of elections it had been set to win back...
...Israel-Syria track of the Middle East peace process skidded to a halt in May 1996, when Netanyahu came to power and swore never to meet Syria's chief condition for peace: Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights. But after a particularly brutal year for Israeli forces patrolling its self-declared "security zone" in south Lebanon ? where Syria has sufficient influence to damp down anti-Israeli activities ? there may be some room for negotiation...
...Justice Department's antitrust warriors, whose raison d'etre lies in putting asunder that which the free market hath joined. Industry wags swiftly dubbed Microsoft's Apple alliance "antitrust insurance," and with good reason: spending millions to ensure his rival's very survival should stymie the feds' urge to halt Gates' long march toward market dominance...
...billion plan to build a natural-gas pipeline through Iran is a signal that the U.S. wants to improve relations with the Islamic regime. "It's the flip side of sanctions," says a White House official--an inducement to Iran (which wants the pipeline) to stop supporting terrorism, halt its attempts to acquire weapons of mass destruction and tone down its opposition to the Arab-Israeli peace process. White House officials say they're monitoring the performance of newly inaugurated Iranian President MOHAMMED KHATAMI for favorable signs. It's all part of a modern version of Rudyard Kipling...