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...firing from both sides went on into the weekend, as the diplomats labored to work out a halt. Christopher headed for Damascus on Saturday to talk with Hafez Assad, considered the linchpin to any solution: if he wants to, U.S. and Israeli officials believe, Assad can persuade Hizballah to stop shooting. But why should Assad play ball? His main objective is to regain possession of the Golan Heights, the portion of southwestern Syria that Israel captured in 1967. But exactly how he intends to get it back is unclear. "The Katyushas are a means of putting pressure on Israel," says...
...States and Israel. Representatives from nearly 30 countries, including many Arab nations, will attend Wednesday's summit. The presence of Arab leaders signifies a dramatic change in Mideast relations since Israel and the PLO signed a peace agreement less that three years ago. "The 1993 deal has been the linchpin to peace," TIME correspondent Scott MacLeod says. "The Palestinian problem has always been at the center of the dispute between the Arabs and Israel. The peace deal paved the way for other countries to follow suit." Syria, which had been engaged in talks with Israel before the bombings...
...virus has penetrated the body, many people develop what feels like a miserable case of flu. No wonder. Thousands of HIV particles are reproducing themselves in their favored target: a specialized group of white blood cells called helper T cells. These cells, also known as CD4 cells, are the linchpin of the immune system, and when they are attacked the body marshals all its resources to protect them...
...comprehensive agreement could be reached by the middle of this week. But by then a Balkans battle inside the Beltway may erupt. House Republicans expect to force a vote this week on a measure that would bar any spending for the 20,000 American troops that would be the linchpin of the NATO implementation force. (That force would now include Russian soldiers, since Moscow agreed last week to put them essentially under NATO control.) "We're afraid Clinton will cut some kind of deal and our troops in Germany could be down there [in Bosnia] a few hours after...
...role. The dollar has been the world's major reserve currency since World War II, meaning that other countries use it as a means of payment and hold it in their treasuries as a secure store of value. Such universal respect for the dollar has made it the linchpin of global finance and greatly enhanced American prestige abroad. But with foreign governments steadily dumping dollars to buy yen and deutsche marks over the past decade, the U.S. currency now accounts for only about 60% of the world's reserve holdings, down from...