Sudan, Uganda resume diplomatic ties. Moscow condemns American-British raids against Baghdad. Macedonian Army bombards Albanian villages. Sudan's Bashir in Egypt for talks with Mubarak. Lebanon opposes cutting UN force.
Egyptian court resumes spy trial today.
More Iraqis start training to fight Israel. Uganda, Sudan to mend ties under Libyan mediation. As a major sponsor, it stands the party most capable of reversing Israel's aggressiveness. It is a must for the US not only to call for an end to violence or for a halt to settlement construction, but also and more importantly to revive its role and to translate it into concrete steps to bring the Middle East spiral of violence to an end. The Israeli government should be made to understand that neither force nor a policy of imposing the status quo, or reoccupying Palestinian-controlled areas is likely ever to succeed.