Word: solheim
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...LANKA Peace Talks Norwegian-led efforts to secure a truce between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels were complicated by a bomb attack on a rebel leader and demands by a leading Muslim party for a role in the peace process. Envoy Erik Solheim held talks with President Chandrika Kumaratunga and met Tamil leaders in rebel-held territory, but discussions ended without a breakthrough. Both sides agreed to continue deliberations to end the 18-year conflict...
DIED. KARSTEN SOLHEIM, 88, golf-club king who brought heel-toe balance to his popular ping putters and revolutionary perimeter weighting to his irons, which increased the sweet spot and allowed more room for error; in Phoenix, Ariz. An engineer, Solheim played his first golf game at age 42 and began tinkering with club designs to improve his handicap...