Word: truces
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...near the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps, on the southern rim of Beirut. Though Nabih Berri, leader of Amal, the main Shi'ite militia group, agreed to let government troops take over the sites, the Lebanese soldiers moved in with guns blazing. By the time an uneasy truce had settled over the area, officials estimated, the death toll was 50; unofficially the total was put as high...
Black turnout was high (60%) and overwhelmingly (96%) for Ferre. But helpful to the incumbent's victory was winning 27% of the Hispanic vote, almost all of which is Cuban. The independence shown by those voters was encouraging. It suggested that a truce was at least possible in Miami's racially charged politics. Said Miami Attorney Neal Sonnett: "The time is particularly right for some healing...
Throughout Lebanon last week, the search for peace suffered a series of setbacks. A five-day truce between P.L.O. factions ended abruptly on Tuesday when rebel forces attacked and seized the Baddawi camp, causing hundreds of deaths and forcing Arafat and some 4,000 troops still loyal to him to seek refuge in the heart of Tripoli. In Beirut, 45 miles to the south, an eight-week truce was frequently violated as "phantom artillerymen," presumably Druze, shelled predominantly Christian East Beirut and sporadically hit parts of the Muslim western quarters as well. The continuing peace negotiations among Lebanon...
...Reagan that he agreed with "every sentence, every word, every phrase" of his National Assembly speech. Reagan's visit to the demilitarized zone took him closer than any U.S. President to the North Korean lines. He helicoptered to the Liberty Bell camp, where U.N. forces guarding the historic truce village of Panmunjom are based. At a forward observation post, he had a binocular view of North Korean military positions. Returning to Washington Sunday, Reagan could reflect on a trip that seemed successful precisely because of its lack of high drama. Quiet cementing of relationships with allies lacks the theatricality...
...Lebanese Prime Minister who lives in Tripoli, asked Arafat to quit the area and "leave with all his brothers." The P.L.O. leader flatly rejected the appeal amid reports that the rebels had made their final demand: surrender now and leave Lebanon, or face an all-out assault when the truce expires on Sunday. By week's end shells and rockets again pounded into Baddawi and Tripoli, though the attack was considerably less fierce than in previous days...