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...must renew serious diplomatic efforts in the region and encourage multinational attempts to forge a Central American peace settlement. Such an approach would be a logical extension of Washington's diplomatic efforts elsewhere. Says Joaquin Villalobos, a Salvadoran rebel leader: "There is a worldwide negotiations process to which the U.S. has committed itself in Afghanistan, Angola and Cambodia. Why can't the Administration play a real role in Central America...
...meeting with Reagan around December 7 would give the two sides another chance to narrow the gap on a treaty to reduce long-range nuclear weapons arsenals and to ease tensions caused by rebel attacks on Soviet troops in Afghanistan and a slowdown in the Red Army's withdrawal from the country...
...foreclosing the prospect of relief assistance from Washington, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra declared, "The best help they can give us is to stop the ((rebel)) aggression." He accused the U.S. of encouraging the contras to take advantage of the storm to infiltrate back into Nicaragua from Honduras. In lieu of direct aid, he suggested that Americans make donations to nongovernmental agencies...
Never staying in the same house for more than a few hours, Massoud lives in constant motion. Several assassination attempts by government agents and Soviet commandos have forced him to behave like a hunted man. Beyond that, overseeing an estimated 50,000 rebel fighters demands constant meetings with his commanders. Not only must the mujahedin adapt their military tactics if they are to oust the government, but they must also position themselves to determine which among the main insurgent groups will predominate once the government in Kabul falls. Though it is impossible to predict which group will be the most...
...Palestinian uprising turns the Nov. 1 vote into a referendum on policies toward the occupied territories. The Labor and Likud parties hope the ballot will grant them a divorce. -- Ferdinand Marcos is indicted on U. S. racketeering charges. -- In Afghanistan rebel leader Ahmad Shah Massoud girds for a showdown with government forces. -- Yugoslavia' s crisis deepens as politicians squabble...