Barak and Arafat Agree To Restore Low Level Security Ties
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Yasser Arafat spoke by phone in their first contact in over three weeks and agreed to resume low level security cooperation and reopen liaison offices in the West Bank and Gaza. Violence persisted with clashes in Ramallah Bethlehem and a Bethlehem hotel shelling.
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Ehud Barak
Yasser Arafat
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Vladimir Putin
Moscow
Putin
West Bank
Gaza Strip
Israel
Ramallah
Karni
Gaza
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Paradise Hotel
Israel Radio
Ibrahim al-Atrash
Fatah
Thanksgiving Parades and Feasts Across the Nation
Thanksgiving activities unfold nationwide with parades in Philadelphia and New York, charity dinners in Atlanta and Los Angeles, and volunteers aiding the hungry. Civically minded figures like Hosea Williams and Sean Combs support meals, while remembrance honors civil rights veteran Hosea Williams. In Little Rock, men cooked the first 150-member church dinner serving over 100 meals by noon.
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New York City
Turkey
Silvia Stein
Guido
Stamford
Atlanta
Hosea’s
Hosea Williams
Williams
Sean
Puffy” Combs
Georgia
Roy Barnes
Gail Devers
Edward James Olmos
Fred Jordan Mission
Los Angeles
Maurice Chase
Lisa Carr
Matthew
Thomas Baptist Church
Little Rock
Ark
Clinton plays golf as recount fight simmer continues
President Clinton at Camp David during Thanksgiving reassured Americans that the courts will act rightly in the contested White House race. He said the system should be trusted and noted Florida's court decision while golfing with his brother and others. He emphasized every lawful vote should be counted, including service members.
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Plaza lights kick off season at Country Club Plaza
The Country Club Plaza in Kansas City held its 71st annual lighting ceremony on Thanksgiving, drawing over 300000 visitors as 200000 bulbs lit every tower and balcony. Olympic stars Maurice Greene Christie Ambrosi and Tara Nott flipped the switch, with daily lights through mid January and carols by the Christian Tabernacle Gospel Choir and Lisa Henry.
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Country Club Plaza
Marvin Sterling
Los Angeles
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Maurice Greene
Kan
Christie Ambrosi
Overland Park
Tara Nott
Stilwell
Colorado Springs
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Greene
Ambrosi
U.S
Nott
Ron Forbes
Forbes
Belton
Christian Tabernacle Gospel Choir of
Lisa Henry
Climate proposal rejected by global talks at The Hague
Delegates from more than 180 countries dismissed a last minute compromise aimed at carbon sinks. German Environment Minister Juergen Trittin called the proposal weaker than the Kyoto Protocol and warned the group to resist a sellout to the United States while pressing for greenhouse gas reductions amid stalled negotiations.
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Netherlands
United States
Juergen Trittin
Jan Pronk
Canada
Japan
Australia
Trittin
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