Word: acceptant
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They are painful rites of passage for American children, from infancy through elementary school. Kids dread them, their parents reluctantly accept them, and the government mandates them. And, until recently, few really questioned the need for--or the safety of--vaccinations...
...relief over the fate of East Timor. Indonesian foreign minister Ali Alatas met with U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan in New York Monday to negotiate the terms of a peacekeeping mission to East Timor. But although President B. J. Habibie caved in under mounting international pressure Sunday and accepted the principle of a peacekeeping mission, perils aplenty await both the Timorese and their prospective liberators. For one thing, nobody knows quite who is in charge in Jakarta these days. That the president's announcement was immediately endorsed by the all-powerful military is certainly encouraging, but that same military...
...idea, at least until the Indonesian parliament recognizes East Timor's independence ? which will take at least a month, and is far from a done deal. Nobody is advocating that peacekeepers fight their way in, which means that right now the international community is raising pressure on Indonesia to accept such a force. Australia would take the lead in any peacekeeping operation, and already has 4,500 troops on alert. Most of the remainder of the mission would likely come from within the region ? Washington has made clear that the U.S. may consider offering logistical support, but no troops...
...remain the last resort. Prime Minister Ehud Barak indicated Wednesday that he?ll support legislation to soften a landmark Supreme Court decision outlawing torture by Israel?s security services. Barak doesn?t want the security forces? hands tied when bombs are ticking ? although the Supreme Court indicated it might accept a "ticking bomb" argument in specific cases, such exceptions would be made only after the perpetrators had been brought to trial. "This is an extremely emotional issue for Israel," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "On the one hand, many feel the country has reached a point where...
After years of stubborn determination, Indonesia now wants to wash its hands of the mess it?s created in East Timor. As the anti-independence militiamen nurtured by elements of the Indonesian army continued their bloody rampage Thursday, Jakarta announced that it would accept having U.N. troops take over peacekeeping duties, a reversal of its strenuous opposition to the presence of any foreign troops. "Indonesia may think handing over the territory to U.N. peacekeepers will get Jakarta off the hook, but the international community has made clear that Indonesia will be held responsible for what happens in East Timor," says...