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...HAGUE: An international war crimes tribunal has for the first time indicted Bosnian Muslims as suspected war criminals. Beset by charges of bias against Serbs -- 46 of the 57 indicted so far have been Serbs -- the tribunal is now opening investigations into Bosnian Muslim war activities. "It is good that the tribunal has finally included Muslims," says TIME's Marguerite Michaels. "But the Hague court was never biased. They have been doing the best they can with what little resources and information they have." Zejnil Delalic, a former Bosnian government army officer, was indicted for allowing guards under his authority...
Although this "Mahagonny" differes in several ways from the authors' original intentions and was beset by a number of minor problems, it was on the whole an excellent performance. The Lowell House Opera has risen admirably to meet the demands of a challenging and difficult piece of theater...
Also, the Crimson has been beset with injuries this past week, and several key seniors will be absent this Friday. Senior captain Brad Konik and senior defenseman Peter McLaughlin are still recovering from injuries sustained in a car accident Sunday, and senior winger Tommy Holmes is out with a leg injury...
...efforts to break down trade barriers in Japan's auto industry. "Our exports to Japan are increasing at four times the rate of imports," Kantor said. The deficit has been shrinking steadily since it hit a record $11.39 billion last June. It's good news for a Clinton Administration beset by attacks on U.S. trade policy from Pat Buchanan and other Republican candidates. Still, there was some bad news for the President. The 1995 trade deficit is expected to be the highest to date: $165 billion...
...begins in the year 2035. Most of the world has been killed by a virus that broke out in 1997. Cole (Bruce Willis) is sent back in time to find out what went wrong. Landing in a loony bin, he is aided by a nice doctor (Madeleine Stowe) and beset by a canny inmate (Brad Pitt, in a funny turn full of wild hand gestures, as if shaking off imaginary water). Can Cole fulfill his mission and save the planet...