Word: mubarak
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...resumed negotiations over disputed border areas after nearly two years of silence. But there was a failure to resolve the major issue of Taba, a 250-acre wedge of palmy beachfront on the eastern edge of the Sinai, which is claimed by both countries. Peres and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sounded apprehensive last week about future discussions. "I cannot say that I am satisfied with the mutuality of the effort," said Peres. Declared Mubarak: "I am asking the Israelis to be more flexible." In this fashion, the two countries continue to shiver through what they call their cold peace...
Since the 1978 Camp David agreement, the U.S. has guaranteed Israel and Egypt comparable amounts of aid, and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is due in Washington next month to ask for a boost from the current $2 billion to $3.2 billion. Egypt's parity with Israel is considered an important indicator of American commitment to moderate Arab states, as are proposed U.S. arms sales to those countries. Saudi Arabia is scheduled to buy 40 more American F-15 fighter jets, along with missiles and tanks, a sale the Administration intended to announce during King Fahd's visit to Washington next...
...than Israel did not draw any immediate criticism from fellow members of the Arab League. But at least one Arab leader put Israel on notice that it must not permit those who migrate to Israel to take up residence in territory claimed by the Palestinians. Warned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak: "If this leads to the settlement of Ethiopians in the West Bank, it will be an extremely grave matter...
...ancient calendar of Egypt's Coptic Church, this is the Christmas season--and President Hosni Mubarak, a Muslim, had a present last week for his Christian community. He released Pope Shenouda III, 61, from a three-year- long house arrest and allowed him to resume his duties as spiritual leader of the Copts, the largest Christian group (6 million) in any Arab nation...
...charges against Shenouda. Among them: emphasizing a Coptic identity, urging churches to teach the old Coptic language, "encouraging hostility toward the regime" by asserting Copts' political grievances, and resisting legislation aimed at making Egypt more Islamic. Since then, however, Muslim and Christian enmity in Egypt has lessened, and Mubarak has been emphasizing a policy of national reconciliation. Shenouda is expected to stay out of politics and has informally agreed to keep the police informed of any future travel plans...