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After more than two years of civil strife that has led to some 2,000 deaths, tentative steps were taken last week toward a settlement between Sri Lanka's Tamil separatist movements and the government of President Junius Jayewardene. Under pressure from India's Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, the island nation's warring factions began peace talks in Thimbu, capital of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. Shortly afterward the government, which is dominated by Sri Lanka's 70% majority of Sinhalese Buddhists, lifted nighttime curfews imposed on five northern districts heavily populated by Tamil-speaking Hindus. The government also released...
...Justice Department's handling of the case. Some industry observers and legal experts were surprised by the department's decision not to cite individual Hutton employees in the May indictment. Fomon conceded to the New York Times that he was wrong to accept the terms of the May settlement. Said he: "If I had to do it over again . . . the individuals involved would have stood by themselves." Some members of Congress say that Justice's investigation of the case was superficial. Those complaints led the House subcommittee to begin its own probe. Attorney General Edwin Meese has not ruled...
Meanwhile, Jordanian King Hussein's proposal for bringing about a negotiated settlement in the Middle East received some encouragement last week when Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, finally came up with a list of Palestinians acceptable to the P.L.O. who could serve on a joint Jordanian-Palestinian team. The group would meet first with U.S. diplomats to pave the way for direct negotiations with Israel. Although Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres has said he would welcome direct negotiations with a Jordanian-Palestinian delegation, he is not prepared to talk with Palestinians who have links to the P.L.O...
...California, Berkeley, about 200 protesters staged a sleep-in vigil in April that culminated in 159 arrests. Harvard has seen a dozen demonstrations, including a silent ten-day vigil in front of the college's spiritual center, the statue of Founder John Harvard. At Cornell, students built a settlement of mock South African shanties and lived inside them until a fire swept through the area and the local fire department declared the huts a hazard...
...union's action could profoundly affect the entire steel industry. Earlier this year, steelmakers abandoned their 29-year tradition of negotiating one pact for all American workers. With labor contracts for five major steel manufacturers due to expire next July, the Wheeling settlement could become a trendsetter for an industry that has grown unaccustomed to strikes. Said William T. Hogan, a steel-industry expert and an economics professor at Fordham University: "This is historic, a benchmark. The outcome will be of great importance for both the companies and the union...