A REPORT PERSISTS IN WASHINGTON that the Clinton administration will soon seek permanent most-favored-nation status for the People's Republic of China - - possibly in exchange for some concessions on human rights or for shaping up on standards for admission to the World Trade Organization. The…

HAFEZ AL-ASSAD was not a diplomat, he was not a peacemaker, he was not a great leader. He was a murderer. In his three decades in power, the Syrian dictator terrorized his own nation, the people of Lebanon, and countless others.