World IN BRIEF : ANGOLA : Rebels Drop Demands to Govern Key Province
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Angola’s UNITA rebels have dropped demands to govern their stronghold province of Huambo, breaking an impasse in talks aimed at ending nearly 20 years of civil war. A letter handed to U.N. mediators and obtained by the Reuters news agency said the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola had agreed to all points proposed by the mediators for a power-sharing arrangement, including allowing the government to name the governor of the strategic central highlands province.
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