Pledge to advance Israel PLO peace talks at Blair House meeting
President Clinton hosted a three hour Blair House session with Israeli, Jordanian and Egyptian ministers and PLO adviser Shaath. Peres and Shaath pledged to overcome stalemate and push self rule on the West Bank while agreeing to establish new industrial free trade zones and duty free U S exports from those zones. Israel promised no new West Bank settlements.
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Mideast
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West Bank
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PLO
Yasser Arafat
Warren Christopher
White House
Christopher
Shaath
Blair House
United States
Yitzhak Rabin
Gaza
Jurors tour Simpson murder scene as trial unfolds
Jurors visited the Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman crime site in Brentwood, taking notes on the walkway and house interior. O J Simpson watched, relaxed at times, during a six hour tour led by Judge Lance Ito with deputies nearby.
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OS Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Simpson
Brentwood
Superior Court
Lance Ito
Nicole Brown Simpson
Ronald Goldman
Goldman
Marcia Clark
Crowds Fill Streets During Has Kell Trial Parade
Los Angeles crowds gathered along barricades as jurors toured sites linked to the O J Simpson case. Tourists, joggers and families watched, some waving Bible signs and offering refreshments while police kept order. Spectators waited through the day amid cameras, chatter, and speculation about what might unfold.
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Jim Haskell
Haskell
God
Charles Noreika
Torrance
Tom Paxton Delivers Near-Perfect Cedar Rapids Performance
Talka my Folks reports Tom Paxton, the noted folk music legend, gave a virtually perfect show in Cedar Rapids last night. Details continue on page 2B.
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Tom Paxton
Cedar Rapids
Iowa lawmakers seek school funding compromise this week
After missing a self-imposed deadline, Iowa legislators plan to reach a school funding compromise this week. Details on page 5B. The West won the NBA All-Star Game 139 to 112, with full coverage on page 1D.
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Iowa
City Briefs and Notices Recap
Brief items from local bridge, births, deaths, and classifieds summarize community actions, notices, and minor events across the city pages.
Pakistanis Demand Trials for U.S. Figures and Celebrities
A Pakistani religious party led by Nematullah Khan calls Madonna and Michael Jackson terrorists and urges their extradition to Pakistan. The stance links to Ramzi Yousef’s WTC bombing case and extends to Salman Rushdie and Taslima Nasrin for insults to Islam. Jamaat-e-Islami may mobilize public opinion despite winning only a few seats.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
Madonna
Michael Jackson
Ramzi Yousef
World Trade Center
Nematullah Khan
anti-American Party of Islam Group
Yousef
New York
U.S
Khan
Britain
Sweden
Salman Rushdie
Taslima Nasrin
Jamaat-e-Islami
Deadly Scholarship explores Lu Gang and Linhua Shan
The book analyzes the 1991 Van Allen Hall shootings at the University of Iowa that killed Shan and four faculty members, detailing Lu Gang and Shan from childhood in China to their contrasting paths in the United States. It notes Lu 28 and Shan 26 and profiles their personalities and ambitions.
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Iowa City
Gang Lu
Linhua Shan
America
Shan
Lu Gang
Birch Lane Press
Edwin Chen
Los Angeles Times
Washington
University of Iowa
Chen
China
United States
U of I’s
Chinese Students’ Friendship Association
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U of I's
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