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• China, Russia Get Slap On The Wrist

  May 11, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 Christopher

• Dole Wants Asian Missile Defense Foreign Policy Speech Critical Of Clinton, But Backs Favored Trade Status For China

  May 10, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Striking a hawkish stance on Asian security issues, Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole on Thursday endorsed U.S. deployment of ballistic missile defenses in East Asia countries, including Taiwan, despite China’s …

• U.S. Pledges 2,500 Roofs For Bosnians By October

  May 5, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A13 With heavy armor and NATO sharpshooters standing guard, U.S. officials Saturday kicked off a much-trumpeted $25 million project to help rebuild Bosnia. John Menzies, U.S. ambassador to Bosnia, declared the …

• Liberian Rebels Waging Furious Battles In Streets New Violence Shatters Hope For Peace Through Negotiations

  May 5, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A11 Liberia’s rebels, many of them teenagers armed with machine guns, fought furious street battles Saturday, shattering hopes that the evacuation of warlord Roosevelt Johnson would spur moves toward peace. The …

• Clinton Welcomes Arafat Plo Leader Wins Promise Of International Aid

  May 2, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the terrorist who came in from the cold, was rewarded with his first Oval Office meeting Wednesday in recognition of the PLO’s termination of its 32-year …

• U.S. Marines Kill Liberian Gunmen

  May 1, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A9 At least three Liberian gunmen were killed by Marine guards Tuesday when they tried to invade the U.S. Embassy compound as factional fighting and lawlessness swept Monrovia after the breakdown …

• Christopher Delivers Cease-Fire Military Restriction Put On Combatants In Israeli-Hezbollah War In Lebanon

  April 27, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Christopher

• Clinton Let Iran Out Of Its Cage

  April 27, 1996 in City on Page B4 In just one secret move, President Clinton did the following things: Made a decision, critical militarily and politically, over the head of Congress and behind the back of the United …

• Agreement To Halt Mideast Fighting Seems Imminent

  April 26, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A12 While some touchy issues still exist, a breakthrough to halt fighting between Israel and militant Islamic guerrillas seemed within reach Thursday night after feverish diplomatic efforts by Secretary of State …

• Gingrich Sets Up Bosnia Arms Probe

  April 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 House Speaker Newt Gingrich established a special panel Wednesday to investigate the Clinton administration’s role in allowing Iranian arms to flow to Bosnia. Asserting that President Clinton might have helped …

• Talks To Curb Sales Of Missles Progress

  April 21, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A20 A U.S. negotiator said a “useful start” was made Saturday during talks aimed at freezing North Korean missile exports and production. “We made a useful start today and we’re going …

• Nations Push Their Mideast Agendas As Fighting Spreads, Christopher Arrives In Syria In Effort To Maintain Leadership Role In Cease-Fire

  April 21, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A13 At a student sit-in in downtown Beirut, two Lebanese students carry a poster showing victims of Thursday’s massacre, when Israeli shellfire killed at least 75 Lebanese refugees who had sought …

• Beirut Dissatisfied With U.S. Plan As Attacks Continue, Lebanese Say Proposal Violates Accord

  April 18, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A10 Even as Israel raked Lebanon with new air attacks, the Lebanese government demanded changes Wednesday in a U.S. plan to stop the fighting. Beirut said the proposal would perpetuate Israel’s …

• U.S. Presence Necessary, Clinton Tells Japanese Parliament Applauds His Declaration That Security Ties Needed To Prevent Arms Race

  April 18, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 Standing before parliament, President Clinton hailed U.S.-Japanese security ties today as the cornerstone of stability in Asia. He warned that an American pullback from the region “could spark a costly …

• White House Stands Behind Israeli Attacks

  April 16, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A11 After past Israeli attacks into Lebanon, Washington reactions usually were models of diplomatic vagueness, calling on all sides to show restraint and deploring the region’s cycle of violence. Not this …

• Looting Worsens Food Crisis In Liberia Looters Jump U.S. Embassy Walls As Peacekeepers Reportedly Join Plunder

  April 12, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 The evacuation by U.S. troops of Americans in Monrovia began earlier this week. Photo by Associated Press

• Sanctions? Make ‘Em Watch ‘Showgirls’

  April 9, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 The U.S. government may have no alternative but to impose economic sanctions on China for its failure to enforce a year-old intellectual property rights protection agreement, said Jack Valenti, chairman …

• Administration Defends Secret Arms Shipments Sending Iranian Weapons To Bosnia Called Perfectly Legal

  April 6, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 The Clinton administration followed the “letter of the law” required of the United States when the president secretly gave a green light to Iranian arms shipments to Bosnia, the White …

• Libya Warned To Halt Weapons Plant

  April 4, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A11 U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry said on Wednesday that the United States would not allow Libya to complete an underground chemical weapons plant and would not rule out a military …

• China Calls For Greater Civilian Ties With Taiwan

  March 25, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A4 In a gesture of conciliation to President Lee Teng-hui after his resounding election victory in Taiwan, China called Sunday for a meeting between Lee and its own president, Jiang Zemin, …

• White House Oks Weaponry For Pakistan

  March 21, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A5 The Clinton administration is to deliver $368 million worth of military hardware to Pakistan, overriding its own concerns that Pakistan’s leaders are building nuclear weapons, members of Congress said Wednesday. …

• China Tells U.S. To Stay Out Of Strait Warns Of ‘Complications’ If U.S. Warships Enter Area During Chinese War Games, Mock Invasion

  March 18, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 Chinese helicopters carry artillery for the war games. Photo by Associated Press

• Clinton Pledges Millions To Fight Mideast Terrorism Cia, Pentagon Will Create Intelligence-Sharing Program In Unprecedented Arrangement

  March 15, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 President Clinton Thursday pledged $100 million to help Israel combat terrorism and initiated an unprecedented intelligence-sharing arrangement. The CIA and Pentagon will begin work immediately on a program of technical …

• Taiwan’s President Visits Front-Line Island Mainland China ‘Scared To Death’ Of Democracy, He Tells Crowd

  March 15, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A11 Citizens in Taipei rally in favor of U.S. military support for Taiwan.

• Clash Over Uniforms Frays Fabric Of Peace Muslim-Croat Tensions Highlighted By Police Farce

  March 15, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A10 American troops secure a road as cattle pass by on Thursday. Photo by Associated Press

• Battleships Put On Patrol Near Taiwan U.S. Warns China Of ‘Grave Consequences’ If War Games Go Too Far

  March 11, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A1 An anti-reunification demonstrator holds a poster of Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Taiwan on Sunday. Photo by Associated Press

• Under Pressure, Arafat Cracks Down On Militants

  March 10, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A7 With top Hamas leaders under arrest and consultations with the CIA under way, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat appeared Saturday to be making the hard choices the United States and Israel …

• Clinton Expresses Sorrow And Outrage

  March 6, 1996 in City on Page B8 President Clinton on Tuesday dispatched sophisticated bomb-detection equipment and anti-terrorist specialists to help Israel combat assaults by Muslim extremists. The administration announced its package of support as the White House …

• Israeli Troops Sent To West Bank; U.S. Rushes Bomb-Detection Gear

  March 6, 1996 in City on Page B8 Launching its promised war on Islamic militants, Israel dispatched troops throughout the West Bank on Tuesday, blockading Palestinians inside their towns and villages and sealing shut the family homes of …

• Senate Approves Tougher Cuba Embargo Bill Imposes Property-Buying Penalties; Clinton Ok Expected

  March 6, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A3 “Sovereignty is sacred,” proclaims a sign Tuesday in Havana. Photo by Associated Press

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