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...Arafat's peace initiative continues to be propelled by the intifadeh, the 17-month-old uprising that has left 20 Israelis and at least 361 Palestinians dead. But if another year goes by without any serious prospect of peace talks, Arafat may pronounce his initiative a failure. That could be the start of an even bloodier phase. According to Arafat confidants, P.L.O. activists may then be given the green light to start using bullets instead of stones against the Israeli occupation forces...
...here to hurt anyone," said Rudolfo Linares, wielding a .357-cal. pistol. "I'll only hurt you if you try to plug my baby back in." Linares, 23, and his wife Tamara had come to the Chicago hospital in the middle of the night to visit their 15-month-old son. Since swallowing an uninflated balloon and suffocating at a birthday party last August, little Samuel had been partly brain dead, kept alive by a life-support system...
Shamir's proposed elections come heavily, perhaps fatally, encumbered. He said the Palestinians must first stop their violent 16-month-old uprising, the intifadeh. Shamir also refused to countenance international supervision of the balloting, despite gentle prodding from Secretary of State James Baker, and rejected direct participation by the Palestine Liberation Organization, which the Arabs in the occupied territories already consider their legitimate representative...
Eastern, the nation's seventh-largest airline,already has nearly shut down, saying it has beenforced to lay off a total of 9500 workers thisweek because of the pilots' adherence to theMachinists' strike in a 17-month-old contractdispute...
...percent increase in bus fares that sparked the protests is part of a reform package announced last week by the month-old government of President Carlos Andres Perez that aims to bring the oil-based economy out of recession...