Show Page 6 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday 26 2001 April In brief Powell signals stepped-u- p Delays blamed on too many flights US WASHINGTON (AP) — Air lines have scheduled far mor effort in Middle East CIA has role flights than there is room at airports to land them on time the Federal Aviation Administration says In bad weather 23 of 31 major airports which cany 70 percent of all passenger traffic have at least one period during the day wher there are more takeoffs or landing scheduled than the airport can handle the FAA said Wednesday Even under a clear sky 13 of the 31 airi ports cannot handle all the ached uled flights at certain periods New York’s LaGuardia Airport can handle 80 takeoffs and landing an hour though far more flights ar scheduled during the day Likewisej Chicago’s O’Hare Airport can handle 200 planes every hour in good weather but for 3 12 hours- each day more than that are scheduled' At LaGuardia O’Hare and six other airports — New York's Kennedy Newark in New Jersey San Francisco Atlanta Boston and Philadelphia — at least three of every 100 takeoffs or landings are delayed by more than 13 minutes “As the airport traffic volume WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration is stepping up its diplomacy in the Middle East and assigning a key role to the CIA Criticized by the Arabs as sitting on the sidelines during an emergency in the West Bank and Gazk the administration not only is trying to curb the violence that has plagued the region since September but is Rooking for a way to revive peace talks The CIA whose role was being reduced now is acting as what administration officials call a “facilitator” between Israel and the Palestinians Signaling the new surge of diplomacy Secretary of State Colin Powell said Wednesday “we have a number of things working right now quietly- to get the security situation stabilized start violence moving down rather than up” And Powell in a joint news conference with Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri of Lebanon after they conferred at the State Department said: “When we have somesuccess there we can build on dial success with improving the economic situation for the people in the region and then ultimately getting back to a negotiating track’ The pace is likely to pick up next Wednesday when Foreign Minister Shimon Peres of Israel visits Washington for talks with Powell and other administration officials Long dovish and inclined toward sweeping territorial concessions to the Palestinians the former prime minister maintains that negotiations are the best formula for ending violence The Bush administration deferring to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has held there was no point to reopening negotiations that broke down last year until Israelis and Palestinians stop killing each other Powell did not insist Wednesday that conflict end before peace talks are reopened “We’re not going to get back to that track until we get the vio-lence moving down mid start to see some progress on in violence Then we can move forward” he said ’ - approaches capacity delays increase” the report says “Thus airports can achieve maximum capacity only at a reduced quality of service” ' Airline industry officials say it is not fair to blame scheduling for flight delays' More than of airline delays are blamed on ' weather Federal Aviation Administration statistics show “It is wrong to simply suppose that airlines are involved in some two-thir- Terrorism report includes PLO ARLINGTON Va (AP) — For the first time the State Department will include criticism of mainstream elements of the Palestine Liberation Organization in an annual report on terrorism due out next week USA Today reported Thursday The report will include Israeli accusations that the largest faction of the- group Fatah took part in terrorist activities against Israel the paper said citing unidentified U:S officials ' ' “This lays the intellectual groundwork for declaring these groups foreign terrorist organizations” Kenneth Katzman a Middle East expert at the Congressional Research Service told USA Today The report will not say that the groups are terrorist organizations' a classification created by Congress that would increase pressure for the United States to sever ties' with the PLO A coalition of lawmakers sent Bush a letter earlier this month the United States' relationship with the asking him to Palestinians blaming them for the disintegration of peace talks in the region The letter signed by ?09 representatives and 87 senators AP photo asked Bush to consider closing the PLO office in Washington V and stopping US aid to the Palestinians Airliners line up at SFO's West-Eain at San Francisco International Airport this August runways The Bush administration has said the United States will n 1999 photo A $400000 study bn how to reduce flight delays at San Francisco International Airport mediate as actively as it did under former President Clinton found not surprisingly that reducing the number of flights in and out of the airport would help sort of scheduling abuse” said Jack Ryan acting senior vice president for the Air Transport Associa- - 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