Word: truce
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...Macaulay Culkin, 15 and last seen onscreen in the bomb Richie Rich, was slapped by his father Kit Culkin for reportedly refusing to do homework. Pat Brentrup, Kit's estranged companion and Mac's mom, then marched in with the cops. The trio headed for family court, where a truce was patched...
...should not have been surprised. Up to 180 North Korean soldiers entered the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a 2.5-mile stretch separating the two countries, where they set up mortars and aimed machine guns at its southern rival. Needless to say, the actions defy the 43-year-old truce forged after the 1950-53 Korean War, which permits no more than 35 soldiers per side to enter this Joint Security Area at any one time...
...worried that Arafat would begin shutting down the many institutions of Hamas--schools, clinics, mosques, charities--that anchor it deeply in the Palestinian community. In a leaflet, the military wing purportedly acceded. Ghazi, however, insists the document was a fraud. "I tell you frankly and clearly, there is no truce," he says. "We will continue...
...fact, the bombings revealed an organization that is divided, searching for a means of remaining relevant as the Israeli-Palestinian peace process moves forward. While one faction within Hamas took responsibility for the first two bombs, another denied it. Even those who claimed responsibility offered Israel a kind of truce. But within days it was broken. The bombings, deadly as they were, carried a paradoxical message: While Hamas can still kill, its unity has been shaken...
Moments after President Clinton concluded his press conference, House Speaker Newt Gingrich gave one of his own in Seattle, calling the President's remarks "a political game." Gingrich swatted away Clinton's claims about how close the two sides had come to a budget truce, jotting down the key numbers in the budget negotiations on a huge tablet as the cameras rolled. Having sent financial markets reeling the day before with his tough prognosis for budget peace, Gingrich remained grim, calling Clinton's comments "very, very disappointing." But Gingrich sidestepped Clinton's central point, notes TIME's Michael Duffy...