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...part, would probably like to strike a deal with the Social Democrats. He needs the 75 votes that the Social Democrats are expected to command in the next parliament, and he wants to spread political responsibility for salvaging the economy. Said he: "We must declare a political and social truce that will permit the country to overcome the crisis. It is not a task for one group or party...
There have been a few signs of a temporary truce in the gas war. Last month Arco raised the price it charges its dealers by 30 per gal. Some analysts predict that prices everywhere will rise about 40 to 60 per gal. at the beginning of the summer, with the onset of the heavy driving season. Even so, with refiners scrapping for a share of a declining market, there are likely to be more salvos in the price-cutting...
...side of the border once a troop-withdrawal agreement had been signed. Such confrontations have diminished since Sharon's replacement as Defense Minister by Moshe Arens. Many of the events Barrow referred to involved not the Marines of the multinational force but American officers of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, which has been in the region since...
...guerrillas announced at a Mexico City press conference that they planned to honor John Paul's pilgrimage with a cease-fire "to create conditions favorable to the message he will bring." The government, in response, said that military forces would not shoot unless they were fired upon. But the truce would soon end. Exiled Salvadoran Leader Rubén Zamora said that insurgents had received better weapons and would step up activities once the Pope left El Salvador...
Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd at Mass in San Salvador last Sunday, John Paul made an urgent plea for peace and reconciliation. Said he: "The dialogue which the church seeks is not a tactical truce called to fortify positions in order to pursue the struggle but a sincere effort to respond to the search for an accord." As the Pope passed the city's cathedral, he made a surprise visit to the tomb of Archbishop Romero and praised his example. "I would hope that his memory be always respected," he emphasized, "and that no ideological interest would try to exploit...