Word: truces
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...time span into a matter of months. The Reagan Administration's newfound sense of urgency was clearly inspired by the latest Palestinian uprising. The U.S. was also prodded into action by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who in Washington two weeks ago promoted a plan calling for a six-month truce and the convening of an international conference. The Administration combined some of Mubarak's suggestions with elements of previous proposals into what Secretary of State George Shultz last week called a "blend of ideas...
...nation's bitterest newspaper wars. All-out efforts by the afternoon News and the morning Free Press to beat each other into submission cost millions and kept newsstand prices and advertising rates at rock bottom. Then two years ago both papers agreed to an odd sort of truce. Gannett Co., owner of the News, and Knight-Ridder Inc., owner of the Free Press, decided to take advantage of a federal law designed to preserve the editorial voice of a dying newspaper by allowing it to combine its business operations with a healthy competitor. They thus joined forces in applying...
Something tragic is happening in Israel and its occupied territories. For five weeks mayhem and bloodshed have engulfed the land, particularly the Gaza Strip and the towns of the West Bank, as the Palestinians who have lived in a wary truce with their Israeli rulers for two decades have let the world know that enough is enough. Each day last week brought another killing or two, raising the death toll since early December to at least 36. The Israelis seemed bewildered by the chaos, uncertain what to do next as they came to realize that they were fighting not just...
...talking directly with the Sandinistas, and Managua said it would bargain only through advisers. "We are at an impasse," said Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Nicaragua, who serves as a mediator between the belligerent parties. The two sides agreed to a two-day Christmas truce, but Sandinistas accused the contras of numerous violations. The rebels denied the charges. In Managua, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra angrily blamed the U.S. for sabotaging the talks by aiding the contra offensive...
...resign, Ortega packed the court with his supporters. A national dialogue also collapsed last week after 14 opposition parties walked out, charging that the government had not responded to their proposals for constitutional reform. The events dulled the impact of Ortega's promise to observe a two-day Christmas truce and to send "technical advisers" to participate this week in direct talks with the contras...