Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...report contradicts several other Administration assertions. It says U.S. strategy aims for definitive military victory over the Salvadoran rebels rather than a negotiated settlement. The report also charges that at least twice as many U.S. military personnel are in El Salvador as the congressionally approved...
...Health and Human Services; and John Heckler, 57, Boston financier; on grounds of irreconcilable differences; after 31 years of marriage, three children; in Dedham, Mass. During the 18-day trial, the main issue was money, and the decree, which becomes final in nine months, followed a confidential financial settlement...
...Amman, Jordan's King Hussein and Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, agreed on a "framework for common action" in reaching a settlement with Israel over the fate of some 1.3 million Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. Though exact terms of the accord were not released, the U.S. was told through diplomatic channels that it contained at least the implicit recognition of Israel's right to exist...
...White House marked only the second time he and President Reagan had met; the first was at the 1981 North-South summit of world leaders in Cancun, Mexico. The Saudis feel that Israel is currently vulnerable, and thus more susceptible than usual to U.S. pressures for a settlement, on two counts: its economy has faltered badly, and Reagan's re-election has temporarily reduced the clout of what the Saudis regard as an overpowering Israeli lobby. "The Palestinian question . . . is the cause of instability and turmoil in the region," Fahd declared. "I hope, Mr. President, that your Administration will support...
...should be addressed in direct negotiation," Reagan told Fahd. He also expressed continued faith in the soundness of his 1982 Middle East peace plan, which calls for Palestinian self-government on the West Bank and Gaza Strip in association with Jordan. Fahd's own outline for a Middle East settlement, incorporated the same year into the final declaration of an Arab summit in the Moroccan city of Fez, envisions an independent Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital...