Clinton swaps one crisis for another

PRESIDENT Bill Clinton arrived in Tel Aviv last night at the start of his landmark trip to the Middle East, where the Arab-Israeli peace process is in deep crisis. And with the House judiciary committee yesterday adding another article of impeachment - misuse and abuse of office - Mr Clinton's domestic fate now lies with the full House of Representatives. An eleventh-hour apology by the President (pictured hugging his daughter, Chelsea, in Washington yesterday), and a plea to be allowed to continue his work for the American people, failed to sway the committee. The prospect of a trial seemed to unsettle the markets, stirring fresh speculation about Mr Clinton's political survival.

Impeachment drama, page 15; Clinton in Middle East, page 23