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Page 8 The Battalion Friday, February;;'\ Israelis, Palestinians stamp out agreement The Associated Press TABA, Egypt— After hurdling major is sues like border crossings, Israeli and Pales tinian negotiators were optimistic Wednes day that they only needed about a week to wind up small issues, such as postage stamps. "That's the agony of my life," chief Pales tinian delegate and ardent philatelist Nabil Shaath said of trying to convince Israel to al low the Palestinian autonomy in Gaza and Jericho to issue its own stamps. Shaath said the main problem was per suading Israel that details like an internation al telephone code, stamps and the Palestinian pound "are not symbols of a state, they are symbols of any identity." -Fsrael opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state, but Israeli's negotiators fi nally agreed to the Palestinian stamp, leaving the question of its use abroad for later, Shaath said. "I have spent all my life collecting stamps," Shaath said, "I have one of the best Palestinian collections going back to the con sulates in Palestine ... I have not seen any colony in the world that does not have a stamp." Palestinian negotiator Jamil Tarifi predicted that the remaining "four or five small things" would be negotiated by next Thurs day. Negotiators will then draft a final document to be approved by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chief Yass er Arafat. "I don't believe by the end of next week we can finish everything," top Israeli negotiator Maj. Gen. Amnon Sha- hak said, "but I believe we're much more se rious now and more clear ... things will move much faster." Tarifi said the committee on civilian affairs had worked out most of the 38 issues on its agenda. Remaining issues include water rights, zoning, archaeology and communica tions. Electricity and public works were fin ished Wednesday. Shlomo Waxe, the director-general of Is rael's communication ministry, said an agree ment on a Palestinian broadcasting authority was "hours" away, pending approval from Jerusalem and Tunis, where the PLO is based. Palestinians were offered one television channel and a radio station on a single AM radio frequency, with an option to add other frequencies later, Waxe said. "We think we have a right to more than that," Tarifi said, adding that he hoped the first stations would broadcast from his home town of Rama 11 ah. Waxe did not rule out Ramallah as the Palestinian communications center, hinting at Israel's readiness to offer Palestinian autono my a stake in the West Bank outside the Jeri cho area. Negotiators were also close to an agree ment on the Palestinian police force. Differ ences remained on its size and number of weapons. Palestinians want a 10,000-strong force. Is rael agrees to 6,000. Palestinians demand 100 armored vehicles fitted with machine guns, Israelis will allow only 30. "It is almost achieved," Shahak said earli er of negotiations over the Palestinian police force. It wasn't clear what compromises were made, although Shaath said coordination be tween the Israeli army and the Palestinian police had been concluded. Rabin Sarajevo Continued from Page 1 He said U.N. monitors saw con voys of equipment moving off the hills, and U.N. commanders re ceived information that with drawals meeting NATO conditions would be completed within 36 hours. It was the first significant Serb withdrawal of heavy guns since NATO issued its ultimatum Feb. 9. NATO has said all heavy guns within a 13-mile radius of Sarajevo must be removed or placed under U.N. control by Sunday or face NATO bombardment. Serbs have relentlessly shelled the city from their positions in the surrounding hills for nearly two years. U.N and NATO officials had earlier reported that the Serbs were dragging their feet. Aikman told re porters that the quickening pace of Serb withdrawals were "a very heartening sign " "I hope the air strikes will not be necessary, and they will not occur if the Serbs will comply," President Clinton told reporters in Washing ton earlier Thursday. Russia has been the most pow erful ally of the Serbs. The promise from Karadzic appeared to reflect Serb acceptance that Moscow had reluctantly lined up behind NATO to prevent Western involvement in the war. Bosnian Serb generals have de fied Karadzic before, and it was un clear whether they would abide by promises made by their political leadership. Statements by Gen. Manojlo Milovanovic, Bosnian Serb army chief of staff, reflected the frustration of having to pull back and lose superior battlefield advan tage. 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But Buthelezi held out hope of an eventual agreement with the African National Congress and President F.W. de Klerk's white- minority government, which led talks on ending apartheid and al lowing the black majority to vote. "We are committed to partici pating in the election — provided that they walk that extra mile," Buthelezi told state television. Conservative whites and blacks, grouped in the Freedom Alliance, fear the ANC will win the election and impose a socialist dictatorship that will trample mi nority rights. They want sovereign or inde pendent territories where they can govern themselves and maintain privileges enjoyed under apartheid. Alliance leaders were expected to meet soon to discuss the pro posals announced Wednesday by ANC leader Nelson Mandela. Mandela said at a news confer ence his group had dropped its demand for a single-ballot system in the April vote. The Alliance has demanded that voters cast two ballots — one for a national Parliament and another for regional legisla tures. The ANC wanted a single ballot, with the votes applying to both assemblies. A single ballot wouldh? tually assured the huge a' majority of seats in bo|™| tional and provincial legislr Two ballots‘would givese gionally based parties-sr Inkatha in the KwaZulu: homeland — a chance toes: power bases in their areas: port. Mandela also said the A* proved amending the new: tut ion to allow consideratir white homeland after thee': He did not give details,li the ANC supported havf: current Parliament chan: new constitution to incorp such a clause. Both the government a: ANC have firmly opposed*' up> territories along racial and it was unclear if Mar- statement indicated a sigr.:: shift in policy. He has previously said- could seek a territory whei; are the majority and the: could control the regionalg: ment. 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