Word: truce
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...under intense pressure from within the armed forces, President Corazon Aquino reasserted her authority with skillful timing. First she fired her leading critic within the Cabinet, Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile. Then, following three months of negotiation, she reached an agreement with Communist-backed rebels for a 60- day truce beginning Dec. 10. The cease-fire, the first in the 17-year history of the insurgency, will give the government and the rebels a chance to explore the possibilities of a longer-lasting settlement. Moreover, the truce will free Aquino to campaign for adoption of a new constitution...
...play seem far too long--it might do so even by itself. Though the acting does not falter, it is boring to watch, because it has less to convey. The character transitions are a little shaky as well. The ending is not so much a resolution as a truce, and while perhaps no other ending would do, such a conclusion does not satisfy the audience...
...preliminary negotiations with the rebels ended last week, the prospects for reduced hostilities remained clouded. While the two sides agreed on safety and immunity guarantees that would operate during a limited cease-fire, proposed two weeks ago by the insurgents, they disagreed sharply over the duration of the truce. "The rebel proposal and that of the military are worlds apart," said a Philippines armed forces strategist...
...actions taken by the various Jewish underground forces in Palestine to frighten, intimidate and physically force the Palestinians to leave. Nor would 25,000 Palestinians and Lebanese, along with more than 500 Israeli soldiers, have been killed in 1982 if Israel had not decided to break the American-arranged truce and invade Lebanon. In addition, Yasir Arafat and the PLO do not dictate policy to the Palestinian people. The PLO is the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, and as such, its armed struggle represents the legitimate aspirations of that people...
...most intriguing French activity in the Middle East last week was reported in the Paris daily newspaper Le Monde. The paper said that France, via Algeria and Syria, had arranged a "truce" with Lebanon's Abdallah clan, whom France has held responsible for the September wave of bombings. Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, presumed leader of a group called the Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Faction, is serving a four-year term in a French prison for possession of arms, explosives and false documents. According to Le Monde, the terrorist group, based in northern Lebanon, was pressured to hold off on new actions...