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1. Oslo Accords
   From the start, the most courageous and lucid critic of the Oslo Accords has been Edward Said. The End of the Peace Process, which brings together his writings on his native country over the past five years, is a prophetic work. It combines absolute refusal of the hypocrisies and falsehoods that have dressed up arrangements designed to reconcile Palestinians to their own submission, with a complete avoidance of the vain flourishes of rhetorical compensation or retribution that have typically accompanied opposition to them. The principal political conclusion Said draws from recent history rests on an analogy with South Africa. There, he notes, the ANC was thoroughly beaten on the battlefield, its organization all but destroyed within the country itself. But by consistent campaigning abroad, it was able to delegitimize and isolate the apartheid regime morally, to a point where in the end the South African whites themselves—now subject to every kind of international boycott—sued for negotiations, and eventually dismantled their own apparatus of domination.
2. Gluecifer -- Oslo
   Without a doubt, Gluecifer were the Kings of Rock. Now that they’ve retired, many are scrambling to relieve them of the coveted rock crown. Who might actually succeed in toppling Oslo’s greatest band is unclear, and it will certainly be a long time before anyone knows for sure.
3. Oslo Accords -- Palestinian Authority
   The Oslo Accords were not what the Palestinian people dreamt of. The dream of the Palestinian people is the return, self-determination, the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, and the liberation of its land.
4. Norway -- Newswire Oslo
   Norway has a low crime rate. Crime is mostly limited to theft and vandalism. Single women should have no problems, although ordinary street sense is advised after dark, especially in Oslo. There are some areas that you should stay away from in Oslo even in day time: the pedestrians stroll along the Akerselva river and the area around the street Skippergata. Also, the eastern areas Grønland and Tøyen are best avoided.
5. Oslo Accords -- West Bank
   In September 1995, the Oslo Accords were followed up with an interim agreement (Oslo II), which expanded Palestinian self-rule by the withdrawal of the Israeli military from six large West Bank cities. The Israeli Army was replaced by Palestinian police forces, and elections for a Palestinian Counsel were held in 1996, during which Yasir Arafat was elected.
6. Oslo Accords -- Signing
   Despite its detractors, the accomplishments of the Oslo Accord are considerable. For the first time in a century, most Arabs and Jews agreed on a solution - a two-state solution. And, after a decade of negotiations from Madrid to Taba, both sides had narrowed their differences on most of the key issues.
7. Sonja Henie -- Oslo
   Former skating champion and movie star Sonja Henie and her husband, shipping tycoon Niels Onstad, opened this museum to display their art collection. On a handsome site beside the Oslofjord, 7 miles west of Oslo, it's an especially good 20th-century collection. There are some 1,800 works by Munch, Picasso, Matisse, Léger, Bonnard, and Miró. Henie's contributions can be seen in her Trophy Room.
8. Oslo Accords -- Israelis
   * There is strong evidence that Reed Irvine’s Accuracy in Media funded an anti-Clinton propaganda campaign, at the behest of Israel, which began in the fall of 1993 after the Oslo Accords were made public. Irvine’s Israeli-sponsored dirty tricks campaign included the recruitment of lobbyists paid to act as professional Clinton haters. Their mission was to discredit Bill and Hillary Clinton by any means necessary. By doing this, it weakened America’s resolve in support of the Oslo Accords.
9. Oslo Accords -- Yasser Arafat
   When Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat meets with President Clinton tomorrow, his message will be, "The Oslo accords are dead – long live the Arab-Israeli peace process!" For Clinton, the priority should be to reject a new form of "peace process" that could make a bad situation even worse.
10. Oslo Accords -- Palestinians
    The primary focus of the Oslo Accords was the Gaza Strip. This piece of land has been fought over continuously throughout Middle Eastern history because of its strategic location directly in between Israel and its historic enemies. In excess of six maps had been drawn during the peace talks to accommodate the leaders of both parties. The leaders involved in the negotiations, monitored by United States President Bill Clinton, were Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the Palestinian Authority, and Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel. The Oslo Accords and the resulting Declaration of Principles set the stage for a gradual transfer of power in the Gaza Strip to the Palestinians.

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