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...reference to his termination of a mini-civil war in Moldova after it went independent in 1991 and a promise he could do the same in Chechnya. He was startled nonetheless when he learned two weeks ago that Yeltsin had named him his new special representative to find a settlement in the breakaway region. Lebed was sure his rivals in the government "apparatus" were trying to set him up. "Someone wants me very much to break my neck over this assignment," he said. "We'll see. I like very difficult tasks...
...reinvigo rated in November 1995 when the Hyatt was found to have violated its liquor license that October by allowing a party of 700 Asian American college students at which alcohol was served to minors. A fight broke out, and several partyers were stabbed. As part of its settlement, the Hyatt agreed to resurrect the Task Force as CLAB...
...East Jerusalem, and allow Israel to annex about 10 percent of the West Bank. That understanding has been tabled by Netanyahu. His spokesman describes the deal as an "intellectual exercise," since neither side had formally agreed to them. Peres and Arafat reportedly had some doubts about the proposed settlement, but felt the understandings might serve as a useful basis for negotiations, said Ibrahim Khreishe, a senior Palestinian Authority official. "The notion that Peres was ready to accept a Palestinian state is not a secret," says TIME's Johanna McGeary. "The question is, how accurate is this depiction of the negotiations...
JERUSALEM: The four-year moratorium on the construction of Jewish settlements in Gaza and the West Bank may be over. Israeli Army radio reported Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is living up to his hardline promises and is expected to allow new settlements and construction by the end of the week. Netanhayu has repeatedly promised to expand Jewish settlement in spite of stiff opposition from the Palestinian Authority, which sees more Israeli settlers as obstacles to a Palestinian state. "Netanyahu's decision to expand settlements is going to create trouble," says TIME's Jamil Hamad in Jerusalem. "The Palestinians...
Organizers stressed that the participants were brought together for educational purposes--not to negotiate a settlement to the unrest in Northern Ireland...