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Netanyahu offers propos;
for West Bank withdraws
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Ne
tanyahu brought a proposal for a
modest pullback on the West Bank
to President Clinton today. 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
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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'
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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<:
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“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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