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...pathetic one. Last week began with the spectacle of Akashi standing in the rain at Sarajevo's airport -- closed for aid flights since Bosnian Serbs shot up an American cargo plane on April 13 -- trying to spin into a success his failure to extend the cease-fire between the government and the Serbs. No one had signed anything, but all sides, he said, had "undertaken a solemn engagement to show maximum restraint." Unfortunately, even with a cease-fire agreement, the parties have not exactly been known for their restraint. While the cease-fire was still in effect, the Bosnian Serbs...
...delivered "hundreds of tons" of weapons to Bosnian forces. And the Administration disputed the Post's assertion that the U.S. has tacitly approved of the shipments.TIME Defense correspondent Mark ThompsonsaysWashingtonis well aware that a large number of small arms have been pouring into Bosnia, some in U.S.-built military cargo planes. He says it's easy for the U.S. to ignore the shipments because Clinton does not want to get involved...
...should become more "customer-oriented" -- even privatized -- so that the space agency can cut costs and go back to R&D. In a new study obtained by Reuters, a task force led by Christopher Kraft, a key figure in the Apollo moon program, says future shuttles should haul space cargo commercially, and advises NASA to cut back on an expensive "safety shield" for astronauts developed after the 1986 Challenger explosion. "Safety is one of those terms that can be used to hide behind and prevent necessary change and innovation," the Kraft team wrote. NASA officials say the report...
...Helsingius' personal computer may be the most loathed machine in cyberspace. Cranks routinely E-mail bomb it, trying to level the IBM clone with millions of pages of gibberish. Hot-headed hackers dispatch bit-eating "worm" programs to Helsinki to search for and destroy the computer's precious electronic cargo. A few vengeful folks have even threatened Helsingius himself, for what would the machine be without...
President Clinton wrapped up his two-day Ottawa summit by joining Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien in signing an "open skies" agreement that will eliminate air passenger and cargo restrictions that have cost the two nations an estimated $41 million a day. "It will create thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars of economic activity," Clinton promised. "We agreed to throw out 30 years of rules that have suffocated business." The treaty, 10 years in negotiation, will also mean that more cities on both sides of the border can offer cheaper, direct flights...