The Palestinians have indicated their acceptance of the proposal: although it falls short of what they expected to get, they hope that an American-monitored third redeployment would bring them substantial territory.

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It also required last August's flipflop by Britain and America: they had long rejected an Arab League proposal for trial in a neutral country, even in the face of Libya's acceptance and pressure from the victims' families.

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