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...sanctions since mid-1998 against UNITA's diamond dealing have had little effect. Canada's U.N. ambassador, Robert Fowler, head of the Angolan sanctions committee, now has two panels of experts investigating UNITA's sanctions-busting operations and searching for a way to plug the embargo's holes. Fowler plans to put expert monitors in key trading centers to identify gems that could emanate from UNITA-held areas. He will also put U.N. customs officials at points in Africa where UNITA might move diamonds, money or weapons. At the same time, human-rights and environmental lobbyists have been pushing...
NAME: Geri "formerly Ginger Spice" Halliwell OCCUPATION: Singer; ambassador for the U.N. BEST PUNCH: Garnered reams of press by confirming her relationship with famed British deejay Chris Evans days before releasing her new single, the same day Baby released hers...
NAME: Emma "still Baby Spice" Bunton OCCUPATION: Singer; ambassador for Sporty BEST PUNCH: Suggested Halliwell's relationship was a ploy to snag record sales; said, "[Evans] has been trying to bed me too...He rang over the weekend asking me out for a drink--but I refused...
...this year over NATO's bombing of Kosovo. Still, "no one believed security conditions were so bad that the President could not come," says a senior American official. U.S. diplomats tried to blame Athens for the scheduling gaffe, insisting Greek Premier COSTAS SIMITIS changed his mind after promising U.S. Ambassador NICK BURNS that no permit would be issued for a large protest in front of the U.S. embassy on Nov. 13, the original date for Clinton's arrival. But THEODOSSIS DEMETRICOPOULOS, the Greek-embassy spokesman in Washington, says "no promises were made." Once they finally woke to the peril, Clinton...
...accent with a voice coach? In any case, unless they edit severely, we might be amused by the recurring spice-boy dramas. Boy gets acne (i.e. Nick, May-Dec. 1997). Boy has illness and then recovers and writes triumphant ballad (i.e., Brian, Aug. 1998). Boy quits group, becomes U.N. ambassador (i.e., Ginger Spice, Jan. 1996). Band demands more money (i.e. Backstreet Boys, 'NSync 1999). Boy starts balding (i.e., A.J.) Boy starts dating Britney Spears secretly (i.e. Justin Timberlake, June...