Clinton Blamed
Barak, Not Arafat, During Camp David Talks
In a new revelation that
disputes a widely held U.S. view that Palestinian President
Yasser Arafat caused the breakdown of U.S.-sponsored Mideast
peace talks last year, a report in The Washington Post said
that former President Bill Clinton was in fact exasperated at
former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's strategy during the
talks.
Macedonian Peace Talks Stumble, Fighting Continues
In efforts to overcome setbacks
in negotiations on an EU-U.S. plan intended to end six months
of conflict, Macedonian Slav and ethnic Albanian leaders were
due to meet with President Boris Trajkovski on Wednesday,
officials said.