Section A · Page 8 --- --- The University Daily Kansan Friday, October 6, 2000 --- World For comments, contact Lori O'Otoole at 864-4810 or e-mail editor@kansan.com Middle East clashes scrutinized The Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt — After two days of summit talks on two continents, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright yesterday called for a fact-finding committee to investigate the causes of deadly Israeli-Palestinian clashes. Moving to curb the bloodshed, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ordered their military commanders to separate their forces at three points in the weeklong confrontation, and there were signs of compliance on the ground. But efforts to move a Paris round of tri-lateral talks to the region failed when Barak reversed a decision to join Albright and Arafat at the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheik. 301 Egypt and others have blamed hard-line Albright: Called for investigations into Israeli-Palestinian skirmishes. terproductive and a mistake. She said Barak had expressed regrets to Arafat over the loss of Palestinian lives in ensuing demonstrations. Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon for the chaos that began moments after his visit last Thursday to a site in Jerusalem that is sacred to both Muslims and Jews. The visit sparked anger among Palestinians who began riots that led to deadly clashes with Israel's troops. Albright described Sharon's visit as coun- Working to end the violence and restore peace talks, Albright called for a committee that could "build a bridge between where we are and where we need to be." No agreement has been reached on such a committee. The Palestinians have called for an international investigation into the violence. A senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Israel wanted a joint Israeli-Palestinian investigation. "There should be a fact-finding committee that looks at causes of this crisis, what has gone wrong and how we can ensure that it never happens again," Albright said after the talks. In Washington, President Clinton said Albright's talks with Arafat and Barak were productive. "The most important thing is to stop people dying and then to get back to the negotiating table," Clinton said. Bomb survivors want answers The Associated Press OMAGH, Northern Ireland — A father's angry plea for justice marked the end Thursday of a monthlong coroner's inquest into the car bombing of Omagh, an atrocity that left 29 people dead, shattered a community and raised questions about the price of Northern Ireland's peace process. Victor Barker, whose 12-year-old son, James, was killed in the 1998 attack, condemned the British government for failing to crack down on the Irish Republican Army dissidents responsible. "I find it inexcusable that the government of Great Britain has only chosen to give us pieties about the hunt for the Omagh bombers and has singularly failed to deliver any form of justice to the innocent victims, especially the children whose lives and bodies were shattered. The 500-pound car bomb blew up in the midst of a crowd of shoppers on Omagh's main shopping street. The 29 dead and more than 300 wounded — many of whom lost limbs, suffered extensive burns or were blinded — made it the bloodiest terrorist strike in Northern Irish history. including that of James," Barker told an Omagh press conference. In response, the governments of Britain and Ireland passed emergency legislation designed to make it easier to convict those suspected of planning and carrying out the Aug. 15, 1998, attack. 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