Word: lebanons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...White House announced that all parties had accepted the invitation to the conference, which opens next Wednesday, and urged them to go to Madrid "with an open mind." Syria and Lebanon apparently were the last Arab states to accept the Soviet and U.S. invitations to the conference...
Officials close to the meeting in Damascus said representatives of Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and the Palestine Liberation Organization agreed not to strike any separate peace deal with Israel, such as the Camp David accords signed by Egypt in 1979. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity...
...Israelis did their bit toward increasing tensions by sending four F- 16 fighter planes over Iraq to scout out Scud missile sites, crossing through the airspace of Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Jordan in the process. Jerusalem's explanation was that it was not satisfied with U.S. intelligence on Iraq's remaining military capabilities and wanted to see for itself what it might be up against if the festering disagreements over Iraq's disarmament came to blows. In fact, Shamir's government seemed to be sending a firm message to its own people as much...
Women from South Lebanon-by directors Jean Chamoun and Mai Masri. At the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at 24 Quincy St. at 9 p.m. Tickets are $5, $4 for students. Call 495-4700 for details...
Bush's harsh message came at a particularly awkward moment. Just a day earlier, Israel had released 51 Lebanese prisoners and the bodies of nine others, reviving hope for a comprehensive hostage solution that would lead to the release of the 10 Westerners still missing in Lebanon -- among them, five Americans. But if Israeli officials hoped this timely gesture might lower the heat emanating from the Oval Office, they were sorely disappointed. To remind Israel of its debt to the U.S., and maybe even to diminish the importance of the relative power Israel now wields over the fate...