VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 30

24 APRIL 1995

The Political Scene

Algerian President Liamine Zeroual has concluded his consultations on theproposed presidential elections without winning the support of the eightpolitical parties which put forward the Sant' Egidio initiative in Rome lastJanuary. Turkish Prime Minister Tansu Ciller's visit to the US has underlinedthe importance the Americans attach to their alliance with Ankara. China, likeRussia, has rejected American pleas not to sell nuclear reactors to...