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...Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas declaring an end to hostilities in an Arab Red Sea port on Tuesday. The Sharm el-Sheik summit repeated many of the themes echoed by the two men when they met 18 months ago at the Jordanian port of Aqaba, and the resulting truce, was, then as now, hailed as a new beginning. That deal collapsed within weeks, and many of the factors that contributed to its demise have not been fundamentally altered. To be sure, Yasser Arafat, blamed by the U.S. and Israel for sabotaging the peace effort, has gone. But that hasn...
...said he was "deeply disturbed" by an attack near the town of Shangil Tobaya in the western Darfur region in which more than 100 people are believed to have been killed. African Union monitors said the Sudanese air force was responsible for the aerial bombardment, in breach of a truce agreed between the government and local rebel factions last year. Annan said the incident was "the latest in a series of grave cease-fire violations." The Last Word CHINA Thousands of mourners attended the tightly controlled funeral in Beijing of ousted Communist Party leader Zhao Ziyang, who died...
...elected. The Chancellor has declined to comment and Prescott admits only to having mediated between the two, not just on that occasion but over several earlier servings of steak-and-kidney pie. Evidently, even Prescott's formidable bonhomie wasn't up to the job. Few in Westminster believe any truce will hold beyond the election. Last week, Blair was forced to deny a rumor that he plans to move Brown out of the Treasury if Labour wins big. This scenario envisions a newly emboldened PM fixing his rival by offering him the combined post of Foreign Secretary and International Development...
Columnist Andrew Sullivan's "Let's Have a Truce" [Nov. 15] urged both parties to put the election behind them and work together. We have a President, however, who has alienated half of this country and most of the rest of the world by his irresponsible actions. Asking those who are sickened by Bush's past four years to declare a truce is like asking a Fundamentalist Christian to have lunch with the devil. It's not going to happen...
...election campaign was extremely divisive. Voters were called on to recognize fundamental differences between the candidates. The issues of character and values may have given the edge to Bush. So how can one call for a truce if such important issues are at stake, and why should the nation fall in line behind President Bush? Harmony does not come from a nation united behind its leader, giving him a second chance. It comes from responsible citizens working toward and arguing about the principles they want to build their society...