Word: lakhdar
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Arab League envoy Lakhdar Ibrahimi, who brokered the deal, promised that an immediate cease-fire would permit residents of battle-ravaged Beirut "to reopen their shops and return to their homes." The plan also calls for a lifting of blockades on Lebanese port cities. If the cease-fire holds, ! Lebanon's parliament is expected to convene this week to discuss political reforms demanded by the country's Muslim majority...
...offensive. Incredibly, the Algerians-colossal early-line long shots at 2,000 to 1-attacked ferociously. Forward Rabah Madjer scored, and an awakened German team retaliated with a goal by the superstar Rummenigge. But half a minute later, moving with an elan rarely seen in the tentative opening round, Lakhdar Belloumi fired from close range and hit. Said the dejected German goalie, Harald Schumacher: "I'll have a face operation so nobody will recognize me when I go home." If there was no joy in Munich, Algerians danced in the streets of Oran, Algiers and even Paris...