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He said it was part of a “package of good will” that required concessions from the Palestinians, as well. “We made a decision to go for peace,” the Israeli leader said. Later, he told reporters any pullback de pended on assur ances Israel’s se curity would be shielded and that the Palestinians fulfilled past pledges to Israel. The proposal was likely to fall short of Palestinian aspirations and Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, in a separate 90-minute meeting with Ne tanyahu, urged "a sizable and cred ible” pullback, her spokesperson, James R Rubin, said. “We do believe that it needs to take place in a way that it is credible, that the size needs to be significant,” Rubin said without providing any details of the scope the United States has in mind. Clinton indicated he was not planning to pressure the Israeli leader, who clings to power by a nar row margin. “I think what we ought to talk about is what both sides can Netanyahu do now,” Clinton said. “I think we have to have a posi tive attitude,” said an optimistic- sounding Clinton, despite a length ening stalemate and warnings from Arafat of violence if Israel did not meet his demands. “I don't think (that rhetoric) should be encouraged,” Clinton said. He is due to meet with Pales tinian leader Yasser Arafat on Thurs day at the Wliite House. Netanyahu and Arafat were going to be in Washington at the same time, but had made no plans to meet. “I believe it is very much in the interest of Mr. Arafat and the Pales tinians to seek to resolve this,” Clinton said. “We are working very hard. I find more often than not we have success if we stay at it with good faith.” Netanyahu said Monday in speeches to Christian and Jewish groups that he would not negotiate with Arafat under threat. Clinton said, “I agree with that.” He told re porters at a picture-taking session in the Oval Office: “I think Israel wants peace and a resolution of this.’’ Clinton declined to evaluate the pullback Netanyahu was offering. Nor did the prime minister spell it out, saying only it was a “withdraw al that will assure our defenses" and not jeopardize Israel’s security. “We are going to work hard to make progress," Clinton said at the outset of his sixth meeting with Ne tanyahu. “We are going to have a detailed, frank, good disci At the start of what cc difficult visit, Netanyahu a story in The Washingtoi porting Clinton had snub by not dining with himoi him up at Blair House,tl dential guest house aero sylvan ia Avenue. White 1 louse and Stale ment officials denied thi saying that this was a "woii it that did not normaUyin ther use of Blair House o with the president. White House spoke Mike McCurry said, "Ari miliar with this admini; steadfast and long-lasting for Israel would know ther ing to that. With greatsen and respect, we greet ti minister of Israel today." McCurry said Clintonb more often with Netanyt any other foreign leader' enjoy a good relationship If Arafat insists on 80p 90 percent of the territory of Jerusalem, “There wf peace because we will no: suicide,” Netanyahu told group Monday. Meanwhile. Arafat mai 1 iolocaust Memorial Muse after all. Arafat said in Paris: invitation to the museum) forward to a visit. The muse earlier it would not inviteb tinian leader as an official' syon Scientists succeed in cloning cal Birth of identical calves first step toward easier drug product BOSTON (AP) — Researchers announced yesterday that they have successfiilly cloned two iden tical, genetically engineered calves, a step that could lead to the mass production of drugs for hu mans in cows’ milk. Named George and Charlie, the male calves born last week at a Texas ranch were created through a combination of cloning and ge netic engineering by Dr. James Robl at the University of Massa chusetts and Dr. Steven Slice of Advanced Cell Technology Inc. They were to detail their find ings at the International Embryo Transfer Society meeting today. The calves are not the first ani mal clones with altered genes — lambs Molly and Polly have a hu man gene expected to make them produce a protein helpful in blood clotting. But even Dr. Ian Wilmut, the Scottish researcher who ge netically engineered the lambs and the now-famous Dolly, ac knowledged that drug-making cows could be more valuable be cause cows produce much more milk than sheep. Researchers said the calves mark the most viable step so far toward “pharming” — developing drugs using farm animals. “It’s a big deal,” said MarkWest- husin, a researcher at Texas A&M University. “This technology has the potential to be a lot more effi cient than the technology that we have now.” George and Charlie contain two genetic alterations — a “mark er” gene and one that made cells resistant to an antibiotic. Those “It's a big deal. This tech nology has the potential to be a lot more efficient than the technology that we have now.” MARK WESTHUSIN TEXAS A&M RESEARCHER markers have shown up every where, from the blood to the spleen to the bones. The UMass researchers have not produced a cow that can pro duce a drug, but that next step could be coming soon. The re searchers said they have pregnant cows carrying female fetuses that have been altered to produce milk with the human serum a protein essential totheblo is widely used by hospitals. Advanced Cell Technolog company founded h fe... searchers, already has add Gen/.yme !iansgenics CrTex<: 1 ramingham to produce ah athH “We’ve taken a significat toward making thiscommf viable,” Robl said. Robl said die technique^' used to clone the calves was) ation on the nuclear & process Wilmut used last ft- clone Dolly the sheep, tfe mammal cloned from anadu But Slice said unlik method used with sheep,cl the calves did not requiresifi and was relatively quick. In nuclear transfer, sdet remove the nucleus from as and replace it with the not from another cell. The eggb* placed into the uterus ofas 1 - gate mother that gives birib i n offspring that has only the gc 'h- the original cell. But the process can rep least two surgeries. TheUbfe searchers said the genetical tered eggs they used weregrr a laboratory, then inserted bit uterus without surgery. 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