Couch diplomacy in state department hall spawns new talks
Three negotiators Hai dar Abdul Shafi Abdul Salam Majali and Elyakim Rubinstein spent 30 hours on a blue sofa in a drafty State Department hallway. They failed to seat together but agreed to meet next month in a sign of couch diplomacy amid broader Middle East talks.
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Ruth Sinate
Associated Press
Washington
Middle East
State Department
Haidar Abdul-Shafi
Abdul Salam Majali
Elyakim Rubinstein
Rubinstein
Israel
Jordan
After-Christmas sales big by Joyce M Rosenberg
Retailers push larger discounts and early-bird savings to salvage a weak season. Macy’s, Sears, and others announce postholiday offers. analysts warn December results likely flat or mixed with weak economy and job fears weighing on shoppers. Dayton Hudson reports disappointment. Wal-Mart and Williams-Sonoma upbeat. Pier 1 expects a modest December gain. Managers cite last minute rush and regional store performance as telling indicators.
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Joyce M
Rosenberg
R.H. Macy and Co
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Matt Howard
Sears
Thomas J. Tashjian
First Manhattan Co
Stephen Watson
Dayton Hudson Corp
Watson
Dayton Hudson
Dayton's
Hudson's
Marshall Field’s
Mervyn's
Target
California
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Williams- Sonoma Inc
Gantos Inc
Retired TV anchor among two abductees released unharmed
In Des Moines and McAllen Texas, a retired television journalist known as Bob Henry and a Minnesota man named Michael Diol were abducted at gunpoint and forced to drive to Texas. Authorities say the same two suspects likely orchestrated both incidents. Sterenberg, 68, and Diol described their captors as two young men, one black and one white, and all were unharmed. Sterenberg’s career spanned KCRG TV and WHO in Des Moines, with prior roles in Dubuque and Cedar Rapids.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Texas
Robert Sterenberg
Bob Henry
McAllen
Chan Wallace
Michael Diol
Minneapolis
Dial
Shrenberg
Wallace
Stevenberg
Diol
Sterenberg
Sterenborg
Kcrg TV
Cedar Rapids
WHO Television
Dubuque
KDTH
Kdub-Tv
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Cambodia
Edward Djerejian
Rubinskin
Paul Nitze
Nitze
Yuri Kvitzinsky
Jura
Bush
Flo
White House
Pier 1 Imports Inc
Clark Johnson
Johnson
National Committee For Prevention of Child
Counc
Lloyd Switzer
Ottawa
Firestone
S. Main
Lud
Monterey
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