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Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin agreed to allow Palestinians with jobs in Israel to re-enter the country in stages, ending a bitter standoff with the PLO. After meeting with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, Rabin said he would gradually lift the closure of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and permit 15,000 Palestinian workers to return to their jobs next week. Arafat, in turn, set up a special military court to try suspected anti-Israel militants. He also arrested eight supporters of Islamic Jihad, the group responsible for a Jan. 22 bombing that killed 21 Israelis and prompted...
...Gulf War. One such ``smart'' bomb can do the work of 100 ``dumb'' bombs, puts fewer pilots at risk and dramatically reduces the tonnage of fuel and weapons that has to be shipped to a war zone. Indeed, the Pentagon was working on the top-secret Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile (dubbed Tee-Sam), which would allow the B-2 to destroy targets from 100 miles away with stiletto precision. Starting in 1996, the military declared in 1992, the B-2, armed with Tee- Sams, would be ready to strike anywhere, anytime...
...16th century. It clearly summarizes all the essential beliefs and moral tenets of the church. Some Catholics believe it will be the most enduring landmark of John Paul's papacy. In June, John Paul oversaw the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Holy See and Israel, ending a tense standoff that had existed ever since...
...force against the breakaway republic of Chechnya today, telling his government it should use "all means at the state's disposal" to disarm "illegal" troops in the tiny Caucasus Mountain republic. Already today, Russian warplanes flew over Chechnya's capital, Grozny, and Russian troops massed nearby. The standoff, which has been brewing for weeks but generated little serious international concern, centers on accusations from Moscow that the government of Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev is a criminal regime that rules through gangsters and terrorists. Dudayev unilaterally declared independence in 1991. Yeltsin's decree was not necessarily politically popular and one group...
STRIKE TWO: The 1995 baseball season may be jeopardized by thecontinuing standoff between owners and players. The owners plan on announcing next Monday at their meeting in Chicago that they are going to impose a salary cap on players, The Washington Post reported. "Last year's system is a historical artifact and we cannot operate under it any more," Atlanta Braves president Stan Kasten said Monday night. "Clubs have to do something by (December) 7th because from that point forward we're into next season with last year's economic system." With the players not planning to offer an alternative...