Clinton presses peace push as Israel Syria talks stall
President Clinton return to Shepherdstown to press Barak and al Sharaa on a land for peace framework. Syrian and Israeli officials trade critiques as tensions rise and talks show limited progress amid a gag rule and stalled four committee talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shepherdstown
W.va
Clinton
Israel
Syria
Damascus
Ehud Barak
Tishrin Said
Barak
Golan Heights
Washington
Farouk al-Sharaa
Mideast
al- Sharaa
White House
Joe Lockhart
Lockhart
U.S
al- Thawra
State Department
James P. Rubin
United States
Yeltsin Attends Christmas Mass in Bethlehem Holy Land
Boris Yeltsin visibly moved attended a Christmas Mass at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem with Orthodox leaders and East European officials including Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania. He sat with Naina, Jaffa, and the scene featured Patriarch Alexy II blessing the faithful as Yeltsin urged peace and Christian virtue. The event followed a day of meetings with Yitzhak Mordechai and Ezer Weizman amid broader Middle East peace talks and political shifts in post-Soviet Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
West Bank
Boris Yeltsin
Holy Land
Jesus
Ukraine
Georgia
Belarus
Greece
Bulgaria
Romania
Yeltsin
Russia
Naina
Yasser Arafat
Soha
Arafat
Eduard Shevardnadze
Alexy
Moscow
Diodoros I
Hanna Nasser
Nasser
Israel
Yitzhak Mordechai
Ehud Barak
Barak
United States
Jerusalem
Middle East
Massacre in Burundi Leaves 43 Dead Near Bujumbura
Amnesty International reports 43 bodies found in three sites in Kabezi commune Bujumbura Rural after New Year's Eve killings by Burundian soldiers. The group calls for an independent investigation and justice for those responsible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nairobi
Kenya
Burundi
Bujumbura
Amnesty International
Kabezi
Login Minani
Russian forces bombard Vedeno as Grozny push stalls
Russian artillery pounds Vedeno in southern Chechnya as Moscow aims to loosen rebels’ grip on their mountain stronghold. The Grozny operation stalls amid bad weather and fierce resistance while Lt Col Konstantin Kukharenko notes heavy fog limits airstrikes and civilians in Serzhen Yurt complicate shelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grozny
Russia
Vedeno
Chechnya
Kukharenko
Serzhen-Yurt
Serzhen- Yurt
North Korea accuses U S of backing wartime executions
North Korea charged the United States with involvement in mass executions of political prisoners by South Korean police during the Korean War. A declassified U S document cited by a South Korean paper described about 1 800 prisoners killed in Taejon in early July 1950. The Defense Ministry said it would investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
South Korea
North Korea
United States
U.S
Taejon
Defense Ministry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Israal
Simply Wireless
Simpl Wireless
Missouri
Kansas
Karen
Lawrence
S. Main
Ottawa
Pcs
Aerial
Aerial Advantage
Aerial Communications, Inc
Nokia
Oy Nokia
Heiquirki
Finland
Plymouth
South Star
Vrai LG
Topec
The
USA
Chrysler
23Rd St
Warlden
Aa Carfax
Taper
Daet Cartan al Wealancn
Konstantin
N. Korea