Today's Headlines
- Algerian investigated for Paris bomb links
A 30 year old Algerian, Boualem Bensaid, is the first suspect to be placed under formal investigation, one step short of being charged, for a July 25, 1995 explosion, which injured 120. Algeria, Politics, 7/7/1997
- US businessmen discuss peace talks, report says
Several Jewish-American businessmen have been shuttling between Israel and Syria over the last few months to try and get peace negotiations restarted, the Israeli newspaper Maariv reported. Syria, Politics, 7/7/1997
- 5,000 mass in Baalbek for hunger rally
Up to 5,000 residents of the Bekaa and many from Beirut's southern suburbs converged on Baalbek in the early morning to lend support to Toufaili's call for the government to redress the socioeconomic plight of the region's population. Lebanon, Politics, 7/7/1997
- Israelis, Palestinians clash in Hebron
Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers exchanged stones and rubber bullets in clashes in Hebron on July 5 as Israel and the Palestinian Authority traded accusations over the West Bank unrest. Palestine, Local, 7/7/1997
- Syria-Iran higher commission opens meeting
The first session of the joint higher political commission between the two countries was held, during which items on the meeting's agenda were discussed. Syria-Iran, Politics, 7/7/1997
- United Nations completes food and humanitarian supply distribution in Iraq
A United Nations coordinator said in Baghdad on July 5 that his agency had completed its part of a plan to distribute food and humanitarian supplies in Iraq and was waiting for Iraqi officials to complete their work. Iraq, Local, 7/7/1997
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