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...cease-fire agreements, and a year of clashes has substantially weakened Arafat's political control in the West Bank and Gaza. Thus Arafat's insistence that to meet with Peres they need an Israeli commitment to implement the Mitchell proposals, to lift the closure of Palestinian territories and to reopen Orient House, the Palestinians' unofficial headquarters in East Jerusalem. And he's unlikely to get those commitments from Peres and Sharon...
...Still, Arafat's continued relevance in Palestinian politics is now primarily dependent on his ability to reopen the road of diplomacy as a viable route to statehood and an end to the occupation. Not the diplomatic grandstanding of trying to get the world to call Israel names at a racism conference, but the diplomacy of internationally-choreographed quid-pro-quo that began with Oslo. Without a peace process to speak of, Arafat will be relegated to an increasingly symbolic role as the center of gravity in Palestinian politics shifts towards those who believe Israel can be driven...
...While the Grammy organization has promised to reopen negotiations over holding the event in Miami next year, the wounds in the Cuban exile community may not be as easily healed. Castro's twilight years are proving to be curiously trying for his arch-enemies in Florida, precisely because they've placed the question of a post-Castro Cuba, and current U.S. policy, squarely in the spotlight. And whereas many of the older generation had lived much of their lives expecting to simply sail back in and turn back the clock following some cataclysmic event that would see Castro overthrown...
...TIME: Will you reopen the corruption case against former President Suharto? Megawati: I have been monitoring the legal proceedings but cannot yet give an answer. There are still many aspects I have to evaluate and take a closer look at. The solution will have to be one that helps this country move toward a better future...
That's when GroceryWorks.com half owned by Safeway, is set to reopen after a brief hiatus in Texas and roll out elsewhere in the West. The company won't say where, but the Bay Area seems a soft touch in the wake of Webvan. The British firm Tesco, whose two-year-old delivery website is already breaking even in Britain, just took a 35% stake in GroceryWorks. com and will supply the in-store technology...