Word: hosni
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...used the one-hour flight to Egypt to make the last preparations. We landed, and immediately we were taken to the conference center, and the prime inister met the president of Egypt (Hosni Mubarak). It was very clear that Mubarak wanted very much to succeed at the summit. "We can't afford a failure," he said. "It would have a very negative effect...
...making progress. By 11 p.m. Albright believed she had agreement from the two sides on steps they would take to halt the fighting and keep it from flaring up again. Arafat even softened his demand for an international probe. But outside, diplomacy had become a three-ring circus. President Hosni Mubarak had already booked Albright, Barak and Arafat for Egypt the next day so he could preside over the negotiations. U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan had flown to Paris, eager to jump in. And French President Jacques Chirac sat in the Elysee Palace waiting for his turn...
Arafat spoke in a conference call with President Clinton and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Arafat's office said yesterday...
...faces a tough battle for political survival when his parliament reconvenes, and being subjected to the ritual dressing down that Arafat requires as cover for signing a new deal may be more than the Israeli leader can afford. And he may have been doing Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak a favor - thousands of Egyptian university students calling for "Holy War" against Israel clashed with security forces Wednesday, and Barak's arrival in Egypt at this point may have stirred up domestic turmoil...
...President Clinton's difficulty may have been underlined by the fact that a longtime ally, Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, has been on a lightning shuttle through Arab capitals to ensure that the Saudis, Jordanians, Syrians and Egyptians speak with one voice in insisting that no compromise be made on the demand for Palestinian sovereignty in East Jerusalem (except for the Jewish and Armenian quarters of the Old City and the Western Wall of the Jewish Temple). Barak, meanwhile, has taken flak back home for even offering Palestinians the limited authority in parts of East Jerusalem...