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...northern spotted owl has become to the timber industry what the tiny snail darter was to dam builders -- a symbol for environmentalists, only cuter. In the 1990s, the owl may curb logging in the Pacific Northwest just as the small fish temporarily halted construction of the Tellico Dam in Tennessee. Last week a panel of federal scientists called for a halt to logging on up to 40% of the national forest land in Oregon, Washington and California to keep the owl from becoming extinct. An estimated 1,700 pairs survive, a drop of more than half the population since...
Predictably, Iraq denied any involvement and maintained, as it always has, that Baghdad is not involved in the development of nuclear weapons. At the same time, Baghdad officials asserted that Iraq reserves the right to secure advanced technology. Saddam fumed publicly that enemies were trying to halt Iraq's "march on progress." But those obstinate words seemed only to confirm Saddam's intent to build a nuclear bomb. Not that he is very close to the goal: most experts believe that Baghdad is still several years away from realizing its dream. "They're smuggling detonators when they don't have...
...superpowers and Europeans may now be persuaded to renew efforts in Geneva to halt the spread of nuclear and chemical weapons. But the sad fact is that rulers like Saddam, whose country has already signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, operate outside international law. And thus it is only a matter of time before someone as single-minded as Saddam acquires the ability to annihilate a foe with atomic weapons...
...awaiting a response from the Israeli government." In his testimony, Baker riled Israelis by saying that he was "satisfied" the Palestine Liberation Organization was adhering to its commitment not to employ terrorism against Israel, that he favors cuts in aid to Israel and that Israel must agree to halt all settlement activity in the occupied territories before the U.S. would approve $400 million in loan guarantees for housing Soviet Jewish immigrants. Two days later, President Bush raised the fever in Jerusalem by stating that he opposes settlements not only in the territories but also in East Jerusalem...
Protests poured in from East and West, but it was Kohl's Foreign Minister and coalition partner, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, who called a halt. At a tense 3 1/2-hour meeting of the ruling parties last week, Genscher's Free Democrats warned that they would walk out and bring down the government if the Chancellor did not put the Polish issue to rest. Reluctantly, Kohl was forced to choose statesmanship over politics. "Mistakes were made on all sides," he conceded, "including by me." The Bundestag then adopted a resolution calling on both Germanys to guarantee Poland's borders later this month...