The Middle East Situation

Another intensive bout of Middle East diplomacy has ended in failure, with King Husain and PLO leader Yasser 'Arafat apparently unable to agree on a formula that would permit some kind of negotiations to go ahead. Tension between the US and Libya has eased some what with the ending of US naval exercises off the Libyan coast without incident. Tension continues in Lebanon; while the dust has begun to settle in South Yemen, questions surround the prospects for the...