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BEHIND THE HEADLINES Worker for interethnic peace frets as war touches Macedonia

SKOPJE, Macedonia, April 27 (JTA) — Eran Frankel has a lot invested in the Balkans, and as the Kosovo conflict threatens to widen, he is watching nervously. The Jerusalem-born American works in Macedonia as head of the nonprofit Search for Common Ground. For five years, the group has worked to bring together Macedonians and their […]

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Ariel Sharon and pope discuss millennium, conflict in Nazareth

ROME, April 27 (JTA) — Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon has met with Pope John Paul II and other top church officials for more than two hours on what Vatican insiders termed “cordial but difficult” talks on issues largely relating to the millennium. However, no agreement from Monday’s meeting emerged on a papal trip to […]

Clinton joins tribute honoring 25 years of political activism

WASHINGTON, April 27 (JTA) — The guest list said it all: Members of Congress, religious leaders from nearly every denomination, leaders of the black community, lobbyists, journalists, folk singers — and the president of the United States. It was, by all accounts, a crowd only Rabbi David Saperstein could have drawn. More than 700 people, […]

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