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Israelis, Palestinians set accord deadlineCAIRO, Egypt - The Israelis and Palestinians have set an ambitious Feb. 13 deadline for an outline of a final accord that would solve the thorniest issues dividing them: The return of Palestinian refugees, the borders of an independent Palestinian state and the status of Jerusalem, among others. Negotiators met secretly for two hours yesterday in an undisclosed location. The talks were expected to last 10 days. In Cairo, meanwhile, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak indicated he would do his best to try to prod along the Israeli-Palestinian dialogue, according to a senior Israeli official in Prime Minister Ehud Barak's delegation. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Mubarak has already proven his ability to influence Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. "The prime minister told Mubarak he must emphasize to the Palestinians that this is a crucial time to bring our positions together, not to sit and wait, or assume the Americans will solve our problems,'' the official said. Barak successfully revived talks with Syria and the Palestinians last year, only to see both tracks falter in recent weeks. Both partners are now accusing him of not taking their demands seriously.
6 more victims of Hezbollah foundISTANBUL, Turkey - Police found the remains of six more bodies yesterday in their grisly two-week-old search for suspected victims of a radical Islamic group, Turkey's Anatolia news agency reported. The four bodies and the sets of human bones apparently belonging to two people were discovered in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir, bringing the number of presumed Hezbollah victims found to 48.
Originally on page 1A in the 1-31-2000 issue of the Daily. |
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