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...peace amid terror attacks," says Beyer. "Barak wants to maintain the incentive for Yasser Arafat to do his utmost to curb Hamas." But even Israel?s more muscular security services haven?t managed to completely eliminate the Hamas threat. Clinton plans to meet with Barak every four months to review progress, in the hope of having a lasting Mideast peace when he turns off the Oval Office light for the last time. Before that, however, both Barak and Arafat may have their nerve brutally tested...
...University began a review of the situation and ultimately concluded some casual workers should have been on the full-time payroll...
...parties now have until October to review their positions, but although the peace plan has broken down, it?s unlikely that war will resume. The loyalist marching season - always a flash point for communal violence - is over, and the fact of continued talks will likely restrain the major paramilitary organizations from breaching their cease-fire commitments. Low-key talks are to continue throughout the summer, and Britain still hopes to persuade the paramilitary groups to stick to the plan to negotiate a timetable for decommissioning weapons with Canadian mediator General John de Chastelain. Last Easter, Mitchell appeared to achieve...
...packing his bags. The former U.S. senator from Maine, who engineered last year's Good Friday accord aimed at bringing peace in Northern Ireland, saw the agreement in tatters on Thursday when Protestant loyalists pulled up at the last hurdle. Britain on Thursday formally put the peace process under review after David Trimble's Ulster Unionist Party refused to take its seats at the head of the new Northern Ireland Assembly created by the agreement. The Unionists rejected London's plan allowing the Republican Sinn Fein to take their seats in the assembly before their IRA allies had begun...
...thrown a bone to the Europeans in the food fight between the two trading partners. In a speech to the National Press Club on Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced that his department will undertake an independent review of the process it uses to approve new varieties of genetically engineered foods and that it will also set up regional research centers to evaluate the long-term effects of such foods. The Europeans have been steadfast in their opposition to genetically altered farm products such as corn and soybeans, prompting the U.S. to threaten stiff tariff retaliation...