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...says Aaron David Miller, a former U.S. peace negotiator who attended the Wye talks. "They're both very courtly, exceedingly polite and soft-spoken." During Abbas' tenure as Palestinian Prime Minister in 2003, Sharon invited him to Jerusalem and stood with him and George W. Bush at a peace summit in Aqaba, Jordan. Two weeks ago, Sharon privately told a U.S. visitor that he liked Abbas, though he added that he hadn't yet seen any attempt by the new Palestinian chief to rein in the terrorist groups. Sharon's bottom line for a return to peace talks...
...peace talks in Wye River, Md., in 1998, Sharon refused to shake Arafat's hand and pointedly ignored him--but he chatted amicably with Abbas on a sun deck there. In 2003, Sharon invited Abbas to Jerusalem and stood alongside him and President George W. Bush at a summit in Aqaba, Jordan. "Their personalities are very similar," says Aaron David Miller, a former U.S. peace negotiator. "They're both very courtly, exceedingly polite and soft-spoken, very measured in their words and tone...
...long history of threatening to walk out of talks in order to extract concessions?and cash?from its opponents. The tactic has worked in the past; both Beijing and Washington have provided "aid" at critical junctures, and Seoul paid Pyongyang at least $500 million to agree to a summit meeting in 2000. "They want people to come back and implore them" to rejoin talks, says a Western diplomat. "That's standard operating procedure." How much incentive do they need? Says the diplomat: "The giving can be endless." Despite hopeful speculation, a resumption of talks may depend on cold, hard cash...
...report describes ways to use science and technology to achieve goals set at the United Nations (UN) Millennium Summit in September 2000. The summit aimed to improve living standards of developing countries by eliminating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy and discrimination...
...report describes ways to use science and technology to achieve goals set at the United Nations (UN) Millennium Summit in September 2000. The summit aimed to improve living standards of developing countries by eliminating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy and discrimination...