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...past, Shamir had no appetite for talks. He was determined not to give up "one square inch" of occupied territory in return for peace with the Arabs. He even opposed the 1978 Camp David settlement with Egypt. Now, says Ehud Olmert, director of the government press office, the Prime Minister can take a chance. "Shamir has no problem," Olmert says. "We're not talking < about giving up Jewish settlements on the West Bank. We're not talking about giving up Jerusalem...
Employers beware: discrimination against pregnant workers can be costly. AT&T agreed last week to pay $66 million in the largest settlement ever of a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The money will compensate 13,000 current and former AT&T employees for job discrimination against pregnant women from 1965 to 1978. The company forced the women to take unpaid maternity leaves, awarded those employees less seniority than others on disability and gave them no guarantee that they could return to their jobs or equivalent positions. "A suit of this magnitude will have tremendous ripple effects," predicts...
...know whether a shock every now and then is what is needed. We also need Europe to act. We need people who have access to every party to this conflict. We are ready, willing and hopeful. We believe in a comprehensive settlement. It can't be just between Jordan and Israel, and Jordan cannot be Palestine...
Peace in Cambodia has proved to be about as elusive as the sight of John Sununu on the shuttle. But last week brought progress toward a settlement of the 12-year-old civil war. The Vietnam-supported government of Prime Minister Hun Sen and three rival resistance groups -- the communist Khmer Rouge, the noncommunist followers of former Prime Minister Son Sann, and the disciples of former head of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk -- accepted an unconditional cease-fire and a cessation of foreign-arms supplies. At Sihanouk's prodding, the transitional 12-member Supreme National Council, made up of representatives...
Developments on the periphery might make it easier for the warring parties to reach a settlement. In Hanoi, the Seventh Congress of the Vietnamese Communist Party dismissed Foreign Minister Nguyen Co Thach, a man China viewed as its principal antagonist in the region. It is widely believed that his departure will make Beijing, the chief supporter of the Khmer Rouge -- which ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1978 -- more willing to nudge the guerrillas to accept a compromise...