1. In Washington, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher urged both sides to exert maximum restraint. 2. Amnesty said its members throughout the world have sent letters appealing to the Seoul government to lift the threat of arrest and respond to protests with maximum restraint. 3. Arafat announced Tuesday that he was ordering his security forces to prevent attacks on Israelis, and that officers were to show maximum restraint, even if fired on. 4. Boucher urged the two sides to exercise maximum restraint and to end the violence. 5. Echoing those words Sunday, an Indian commander said the Indian troops also have been ordered to show maximum restraint as part of the temporary cease-fire. 6. In his reply, Annan urged to the Afghan factions to exercise maximum restraint and respect international laws regarding prisoners of war. 7. In such a situation, in which political wisdom is absent, one can only demand and hope that Israel will impose maximum restraint on its forces. 8. In Washington, the U.S. State Department called on Arafat to stop terrorism and on Israel to show maximum restraint. 9. In Washington, the U.S. State Department called on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to stop terrorism and on Israel to show maximum restraint. 10. It is vital that they now show the maximum restraint. |