It was a rare sign of hope for the fratricidal quagmire that is Lebanon. Representatives of the country's political and religious factions are scheduled to gather this week for the first meeting of the conference on national reconciliation that was called for in the Sept. 26 cease-fire agreement. Even so, there were indications that Lebanon's guns would not be silent for long. The squabbling groups apparently had not yet agreed on where to hold the meeting. More ominous, cease-fire No. 179 was being violated with more and more impunity.
The deterioration caused concern...
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