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...government still insisted on the unconditional withdrawal of Israeli forces, "which is our right." At the same time, however, the Lebanese government will conduct informal negotiations with Syria and the P.L.O. to work out the arrangements for the removal of their forces from Lebanon as part of the whole troop-withdrawal process...
Even if Israel and Lebanon reach an agreement on troop withdrawals, Syrian President Hafez Assad will still have to go along with it. Assad has reportedly made up his mind to remove his 30,000 troops from Lebanon when the Israeli forces are withdrawn. But any Israeli efforts to gain a permanent military foothold in Lebanon could lead to a similar demand by the Syrians, and thus to further delays...
...gave press conferences, consulted with top Administration officials and subjected himself to probing questions from members of Congress about human rights violations and Pakistan's nuclear program. At the White House, President Reagan laid out the red carpet for Zia and threw in high military hoopla, including troop reviews and 21-gun salutes...
There was ample reason for the show of good will. Geopolitically, Pakistan, a Muslim nation of 84 million, plus 2.8 million Afghan refugees, stands between the 100,000 Soviet troops that invaded Afghanistan and the eastern flank of the Persian Gulf region. Under U.N. auspices, it has been negotiating indirectly with the Soviet Union to achieve a complete Soviet troop withdrawal. Cautiously optimistic last week, Zia revealed that he had detected "a hint of flexibility" during his 45-minute meeting last month with new Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov...
...country-and-western singer does not make him measurably less like Archie Bunker, even if his brains are heavier and his social conscience a little lighter. In Star of the Family (ABC, Thursdays, 8:30-9 p.m. E.S.T.) Dennehy hangs around the firehouse, an easily irked captain, while his troop of fire fighters bring him the same kinds of problems the barflies import into Archie Bunker's place. Nor does it much matter, once past the initial shock, that the cast of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (CBS, Wednesdays, 8-9 p.m. E.S.T.) can let fly with a little...