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Israeli prime minister Netanyahu offers to withdraw troops from southern Lebanon if Syria promises to disarm Hizbullah.
21 Aug.
Former president F. W. de Klerk publicly apologizes for the suffering caused by five decades of apartheid in South Africa.
26 Aug.
In South Korea, former President Chun Doo Hwan is sentenced to death and former President Roh Tae Woo receives twenty-two years in jail for their roles in the 1979 military coup; their sentences are later reduced.
28 Aug.
In the United Kingdom, a high court grants a divorce to the Prince and Princess of Wales, ending their fifteen-year marriage.
29 Aug.
Russian government officials and Chechen rebel leaders sign a peace treaty, thus ending the nearly two years of fighting which resulted in ninety thousand deaths. A decision on the sovereignty of Chechnya is delayed until 2001.
4 Sept.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PLO leader Yasir Arafat hold peace talks for the first...
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