Mideast Talks Set

Not a giant step, but a "medium step" - that's what Secretary of State Albright termed today's agreement by Israel and the Palestinian Authority to resume negotiations. Each side had made conciliatory gestures in recent days after months of stalemate brought on by Islamic terrorism and new Jewish settlements. Talks will resume 6 October in the Mideast, then shift to Washington a week later.

Not a giant step, but a "medium step" - that's what Secretary of State Albright termed today's agreement by Israel and the Palestinian Authority to resume negotiations. Each side had made conciliatory gestures in recent days after months of stalemate brought on by Islamic terrorism and new Jewish settlements. Talks will resume 6 October in the Mideast, then shift to Washington a week later.