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...sent supporters directly home. Still, negotiations to achieve anything beyond a temporary cease-fire between Arafat and his opposition were foundering. "Our task is worse than very difficult," said Ahmed Tibi, an Israeli Arab working to bring about a reconciliation between the two factions. At one point the truce talks broke down over the Palestinian Authority's refusal to accept responsibility for the mayhem outside the mosque. Arafat and his aides blamed the bloodshed on third parties: Israel, Palestinians collaborating with Israel, and Iran, a patron of Hamas...
...Deep Space Nine, set on a remote space station, Starfleet officers tangle with the alien races who share the outpost. And in the forthcoming Voyager series (which features the first female starship captain in a leading role, albeit in a form-fitting uniform), Federation stalwarts must make an uneasy truce with a contentious band taken on board in a distant part of the universe. "This way," explains Berman, "you have a core group of people who were not all brought up on Gene Roddenberry's 24th century Earth. They don't have to follow the rules...
...they fired into a crowd of Islamic activists Friday. "We support democracy, but we need security and stability to build our state," Arafat told cheering supporters. Butleaders of militant Islamic groupsopposed to the peace accord with Israel called the rally a provocation and said it could damage a shaky truce they reached through mediators over the weekend.Post your opinion on theInternationalbulletin board...
...Angola's warring factions signed a ceasefire agreement today. Under the plan signed by top generals of the government and the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), fighting -- which began on the eve of Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975 -- will stop Wednesday. The truce will remain in effect until final details emerge as part of a United Nations-brokered peace treaty, which is scheduled to be signed Sunday. That accord aims to close the book on the civil war in Angola -- the longest and bloodiest battle in Africa. "The Angolan people have suffered...
...that the "political battles" to come cannot resolve such differences, Ulster residents are all too aware that none of the paramilitary organizations have shown any willingness to hand over their weapons. On the Republican side, armed splinter groups like the Irish National Liberation Army have not even joined the truce. For the present, though, like survivors of a long, dark winter, the citizenry on both sides came out to exult in the new light, hesitantly unwinding their nerves and reflexes after 25 years...