Baker to hear signals on limited Israeli settlement freeze
Secretary of State James Baker meets Palestinian leaders amid hopes for new signals to back a restrained settlement pause. Israel halted new Jewish sites as Baker toured the region, while he seeks progress from Palestinian negotiators and Arab leaders.
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AIDS chairman calls global health a human right rally
Dr. Jonathan Mann of the Harvard AIDS Institute urged a new world political movement focused on health as a human right at the eighth International Conference on AIDS in Amsterdam. The six day meeting drew about 11,000 participants from 130 countries amid protests and demonstrations outside the RAI center.
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Americans cancel visit to Somalia
A U S delegation citing safety concerns canceled a planned trip to Mogadishu Somalia. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum led a group to drought stricken northeastern Kenya where famine threatens up to a million people. Embassy spokesman Thomas J Dowling called the Mogadishu situation over the weekend a little dicey.
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Panic in Sarajevo Underscores Fragile Cease Fire
Yugoslav Prime Minister Milan Panic visited Sarajevo to press for peace talks with Bosnia’s Alija Izetbegovic. He failed to secure weapons handover and warned that all three sides share guilt as gunfire continued after the cease-fire deadline. The conflict has driven hundreds of thousands from their homes amid ethnic tensions in Bosnia Herzegovina.
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Iraq offers neutral inspectors access to denied building
Iraq said it would allow U N weapons experts from neutral countries to visit a building blocked to U N teams for two weeks. The proposal followed talks in Baghdad with Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and Foreign Minister Ahmad Ali. U N envoy Rolf Ekeus indicated room for a diplomatic settlement but left comments cautious.
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