Word: settlements
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...furnished with showers and orange-and-white flush toilets made of Italian ceramic. Among its more luxurious appointments were a Betamax video recorder, a microwave oven and a library of pornographic magazines. According to the community's records, fresh supplies of chickens and pigs were flown in daily; the settlement's payroll took care of as many as 1,000 employees, including electricians and plumbers, waiters and cooks...
Payment of compensation will undoubtedly go a long way toward repairing relations between Union Carbide and the government of India. A settlement, however, will not resolve the complex issue of relations between multinational corporations and Third World countries. The investigation in India has determined that Union Carbide never fully advised either the national government or the district administration of the dangers involved in producing and storing MIC. At the same time, it is not clear whether local officials did enough to guarantee the safety of the Bhopal plant...
...Israel's decision to withdraw unilaterally from southern Lebanon: Our new government decided to focus on one issue: reasonable security for our (northern) settlement population, and to (achieve this) without remaining in Lebanon. I believe that among the many surprises, and most of them not for the good, that came out of the war in Lebanon, the most dangerous is that the war let the Shi'ites out of the bottle. No one predicted that; I couldn't find it in any Israeli intelligence report. The Shi'ites, the largest community in Lebanon, were oppressed by the P.L.O. (Palestine Liberation...
...that Duarte's momentum has been halted. Since the new year, there have been at least eleven assassinations, nearly all by leftist gunmen. Further negotiations between the government and representatives of the leftist guerrilla groups are unlikely until after the elections. Reason: mounting right-wing opposition to a negotiated settlement. Rebel leaders, of course, contend that the breakdown of the peace talks means the Salvadoran military is now effectively back in control. According to Ruben Zamora, the bearded vice president of the Democratic Revolutionary Front, the guerrilla movement's political arm, "Duarte has no power...
...immediate criticism from fellow members of the Arab League. But at least one Arab leader put Israel on notice that it must not permit those who migrate to Israel to take up residence in territory claimed by the Palestinians. Warned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak: "If this leads to the settlement of Ethiopians in the West Bank, it will be an extremely grave matter...