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...rebels' call for a halt to any U.N. or government counteroffensive reflects their primary concern to maintain control of Sierra Leone's diamond fields to the south and east. Indeed, it was U.N. attempts to disarm the RUF in those areas, in line with last year's peace deal, that sparked the latest outbreak of violence. Most observers believe Sierra Leone's troubles will not end as long as the rebels remain in control of the diamonds - as they did after last year's peace deal - and negotiating a new compromise designed to free the hostages carries the danger...
...stock that you expect will rise a great deal before you die, consider gifting the stock up to the annual gift limit. "Do it early, before the value goes up," says Karen Goldberg, a tax lawyer with accounting firm Grant Thornton. "That way you keep future appreciation out of your estate...
...value of the assets in the partnership by up to 40%, as they are illiquid to the general partners. In this way, a married couple could gift, say, $20,000 of partnership stock (staying at the annual tax-free gift limit) with an underlying value of $28,000. Good deal...
...Monday left four Palestinians dead and a number of wounded on both sides in the worst violence since 1996. The outbreak follows protests demanding the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and the passing of yet another deadline for a framework agreement on "final status" issues with a deal nowhere in sight. "These protests are partly an effort by Arafat to stoke the fires in the hope of bringing out the American fire brigade to put pressure on the Israelis," says TIME West Bank correspondent Jamil Hamad. "But he'll try to calm things down in the next couple...
...Both privately admit they're unlikely to reach agreement this year," says Hamad. "And sources close to Arafat say he's already agreed, at the urging of President Clinton, to postpone his promised unlilateral declaration of a state until after the U.S. election. Both sides are also having to deal with mounting domestic challenges. Barak faces defections from his coalition, while concern over the reaction of the Palestinian street and of his Arab allies makes it almost impossible for Arafat to accept the current Israeli proposals on the West Bank and Jerusalem." The "peace of the brave" of which Arafat...