VOL. XXXVII

NO. 51

19 SEPTEMBER 1994

The Political Scene

Algerian President Liamine Zeroual has moved the two top leaders of thebanned Front Islamique du Salut out of prison and into house arrest and hasreleased other FIS officials, a decision which may prove to be a turning pointin Algeria's political crisis. Squabbles between Israel and the PLO overJerusalem caused the breakdown of the Paris meeting of the financial sponsors ofPalestinian autonomy, but the two sides promised to behave better...