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srael—PLO nail down details of peace treaty
Y 4, 1994
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Associated Press
(AIRO, Egypt — Israel and the PLO ran into
minute potholes on the road to peace Tues-
but arrangements went ahead for them to
i their historic accord on Palestinian self-
V'
I [rime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and
I Header Yasser Arafat met in an effort to set-
| final disputes before Wednesday’s scheduled
I ling. In a surprise move, U.S. Secretary of
tWarren Christopher joined the meeting.
[he agreement covering the Gaza Strip and
st Bank town of Jericho gives Palestinians a
isure of control for the first time over their
son part of the land they claim as their
I 'ii. It also sets the stage for talks on a perma-
il solution to the decades-old conflict be-
itnPalestinians and Israel.
On Tuesday, as more than six months of ne-
iations drew to a close, Palestinian delegates
used Israel of creating new obstacles and
ibbling over details.
The Israelis are going back on what was
iieed upon,” PLO delegate Jamil Tarifi
irged.
Arafat voiced similar complaints on the char-
td Norwegian jet that carried him from Tu-
- Tunisia. He said Norway’s foreign minister,
Bjorn Tore Godal, had to persuade him to make
the flight.
But Gad Ben-Ari, Rabin’s spokesman, insist
ed the issues were “more than 98 percent” set
tled. Speaking of disputes to be resolved by
Arafat and Rabin, he said: “There are substan
tial issues, but issues that can be resolved.”
Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said he
considered last-minute crises normal in negoti
ations.
“Tomorrow at 1 1 (a.m.) we’re going to sign
an historic accord between Palestinians and Is
raelis,” Peres said. “We’re going to open a com
pletely new chapter in our relations and for our
future.”
Speaking privately, some Palestinian dele
gates said they expected the signing to go
ahead.
But an Israeli delegate indicated the talks
could go down to the wire. Asked when nego
tiators would finish, Jacques Neriah replied:
“Hopefully, we will finish tomorrow morning.”
Egypt’s president, Hosni Mubarak, is to pre
side over the signing, which falls on his 66th
birthday. Christopher and Russian Foreign Min
ister Andrei Kozyrev, whose countries are spon
soring the Middle East peace talks, are to speak.
The agreement, which reportedly runs 250
to 300 pages with maps and annexes, fills in
the details of the Sept. 1 3 Israel-PLO accord
calling for limited Palestinian self-rule in Gaza
and Jericho. Israel has occupied Gaza and the
West Bank since the 1967 Middle East war.
Judging from a draft of the agreement ob
tained by The Associated Press, it gives Israel
expected authority over Gaza’s Jewish settle
ments and the borders with Egypt and Jordan.
But the draft also would allow Israel to move
troops into the autonomous areas “in the event
of the outbreak of general hostilities or immi
nent threat of such hostilities.”
Under the draft, 9,000 Palestinian police of
ficers would be responsible for the self-rule
zones, and a Palestinian authority would run
day-to-day government and have the right to
make laws.
But the lawmaking is subject to a complicat
ed review, and the document provides for more
than a dozen committees to solve various Is
rael-Palestinian disputes.
A Palestinian source, speaking on condition
of anonymity, said two of the last-minute dis
putes had to do with symbols the Palestinians
want for their zones.
Fie said Rabin objected to Palestinians having
their own postage stamps and giving Arafat a ti
tle suggesting he was ‘ president” of a Palestin
ian entity.
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Education districts ignoring
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The Associated Press
MATAMOROS, Mexico ~-
The reputed “god mother” and
four other cult members have
been sentenced to more than 60
years in prison for the ritual
slayings of more than a dozen
people, including a Texas college
student.
"It's an exaggerated sentence,
totally outside the judicial reality
of Mexico,” Horacio Moyar
Quintanilla, attorney for Sara
Maria Aldrete Villarreal, said
Tuesday.
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vador Perez ordered a 62-year
sentence for Aldrete on Monday.
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dez Rivera, David Serna Valdez,
jeraful Hernandez Garcia and
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Mexico can feel safer,” Kilroy
said from Santa Fe, Texas.
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Texas medical student on spring
break, disappeared after bar
hopping in Matamoros, on
March 14, 1989.
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mutilated body was found at a
ranch west of Matamoros.
Fourteen other victims also
were unearthed there and at a
nearby farm.
Authorities said a drug-
smuggling cult performed the
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val drug smugglers.
The Associated Press
AUSTIN — More than 60 per
cent of education districts serving
children and young people in nurs
ing homes are violating some spe
cial education laws or regulations,
according to a Texas Education
Agency survey.
Seventeen of the 261 children
found in Texas nursing homes were
not being served by their local
school districts, despite a federal law
guaranteeing educational services to
children with disabilities.
The school districts weren’t
aware of the children, according to
the TEA report prepared for the Sen
ate Committee on Health and Hu
man Services.
Committee Chairwoman Judith
Zaffirini, D-Laredo, called the num
ber of unserved children “absolutely
outrageous.”
“It’s shocking, just shocking,”
she told the Austin American-
Statesman.
The school-age nursing home
residents were in 58 local education
agencies, which are made up of one
or more school districts.
Classes for youngsters with se
vere disabilities may involve sensory
stimulation to teach them to re
spond to their environment and to
keep their muscles from atrophying.
Instead of learning to read or add,
they may learn to turn on a tape
player or signal their needs to a
caregiver.
The Senate committee approved
reforms in January in response to an
American-Statesman series that
showed the unmet needs of young
people in nursing homes and re
ported TEA didn’t keep track of
such children.
The TEA report found that 22 of
the local education agencies, or 38
percent, were in full compliance
with federal and state laws, rules
and regulations covering special ed
ucation services to young people
with disabilities in nursing homes.
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