Iraq resumes oil exports to honor contracts
Iraq will resume shipments to fulfill existing contracts after a two day halt in a dispute over pricing under the oil-for-food program. Oil Minister Amer Mohammed Rashid said Baghdad aims to export the full quantity agreed in the current six month phase, extended into January.
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Fox Opens Peace Talks With Zapatistas After Win in Mexico
Mexico's Vicente Fox meets Zapatista rebels in Chiapas on his first full day and restarts peace talks held after six years of conflict. Fox pledges dialogue while addressing protests in Oaxaca where about ten thousand workers and farmers demand justice and aid for Indian communities. He vows development focus on southern states and greater respect for Indigenous people.
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Barak says Clinton term not deadline for Mideast deal
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, amid re election bid, rejects the notion that President Clinton leaving office next month sets a deadline for a final Palestinian peace accord. Violence flared as two Israeli soldiers were stabbed and three Palestinians wounded in clashes near Jerusalem and Bethlehem. a Gaza bus bombing suspect was arrested amid ongoing hostilities.
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