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Perhaps most important, arms control gave the Soviets and us something to talk about at a time when there was very little else to talk about. We were fighting over every inch of the globe, from Berlin to Saigon. So, every few years, we would trade beans in Geneva, shake hands for the cameras and thus reassure the world that we were not going to blow...
...Human Rights Commission Wednesday, when the international body voted in support of Beijing to table Washington's resolution condemning Chinese abuses. Despite a U.S. lobbying campaign that began in January - and included a rare personal appearance by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright before the commission in Geneva - Beijing's motion was supported by 22 countries and opposed by only 18, with 12 abstentions...
With no peace, Hizballah still faces a serious dilemma. If the impasse in negotiations with Israel persists, as indicated by President Clinton's failed talks in Geneva last week with Syrian President Hafez Assad, Syria may eventually sanction new Hizballah attacks to pressure Israel for concessions. Yet if Hizballah cooperates with such wishes, the Israeli reprisal bombings that would surely follow might alienate legions of Hizballah's hard-won Lebanese supporters. What is not in doubt is that Hizballah's well-trained and well-equipped fighters will fight on, if told to do so. "When the Israelis leave, we will...
Long-time neighborhood resident Geneva T. Malenfant says laundromats are especially important for residents of the neighborhood's many low-cost apartments who don't have laundry machines...
...March 26, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad met with President Clinton in Geneva in a failed summit on peace in the Middle East. The Syrian leader has no plans to hold such a meeting with Israeli premier Ehud Barak. This diplomatic picture speaks a thousand words of Syrian intentions...