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...agreement and the Mitchell Report create pressure on Sharon to offer Arafat something in return for a cease-fire, and that's something to which he's very opposed, because he sees it as rewarding the violence of the last nine months. Also, that concession would involve a real settlement freeze, which is something Sharon will find politically difficult to implement - particularly in return for the Palestinians simply stopping violence...
...than $50,000, which means your time may be better spent finding a new broker to rebalance your portfolio. The SEC urges investors to check a broker's history before opening an account. But its Central Registration Depository won't mention any complaints that were erased as part of settlement agreements, which took care of 41% of last year's arbitration claims. NASD has been dragging its feet in drafting a proposal to prevent expungement in most cases. "Brokers shouldn't be able to buy a clean record," says Charles Austin Jr. of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association...
...next day, Nov. 3, 1999, Morgan died in the hospital; Pena watched her slip away. Poust received two minor traffic citations and later paid an undisclosed civil settlement. Pena went to bed and remained there for months. But her phone was within reach, and every time a reporter called, she wailed her story into it. That's how she launched a crusade to bar cell phone use while driving. In a debate complicated by high-powered lobbyists and murky data, Pena became the one clear voice. In 18 months she has testified before Congress and five state and local legislatures...
...While NATO presses for a political settlement in Macedonia - the alliance this week said it would send about 3,000 troops if the parties reach a deal and rebels agree to lay down arms - it's increasingly apparent that many in Macedonia's government and security forces still believe they can win outright on the battlefield. Key leaders of the Macedonian Slav majority, such as Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski, continue to sound off about a military solution even as they participate in on-again-off-again talks with ethnic-Albanian political parties. Those talks are a long way from conclusion...
...which side you listen to), and that prospect is fundamentally threatening to a settler movement whose principal objective has always been a permanent Israeli presence in those territories. The deal offered by Barak at Camp David last year would have ultimately involved Israel abandoning a significant number of settlements, and despite the fact that Sharon is a longtime champion of the settlement movement, even he has been forced to accept the principle of some form of settlement freeze as part of the current cease-fire formula...