Word: chechnya
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...pulled out when our boys started getting fired at? Just imagine what conflicts we could have had with China had we held human rights in higher esteem than Sino-American trade. Or if we had pushed the envelope with Russian President Boris Yeltsin on his advances in Chechnya...
...CHECHNYA TALKS SUSPENDED...
...suspended their participation in the widely violated cease-fire, saying they would refuse to negotiate until United Nations troops were brought in, a move Russia rejects as interference in its internal affairs. The breakdown in talks came after a bomb attack gravely injured the commander of Russian forces in Chechnya and killed three others...
Despite ongoing peace talks, sporadic fighting continues in Chechnya, where rebels killed nine Russian soldiers today. "This should go on for some time as a low-intensity conflict," Sally Donnelly reports from Moscow. "It's like trying to surround Texas. Militarily, the Russians have got the area pretty much under control. But disarming all these people will take some time...
...officials hand out dozens of concessions, often to friends and relatives. He says that in the Khor River watershed, a region of about 12,000 sq. mi., more than 90 forest enterprises are operating with almost no oversight from the government. "What is the solution?" asks an exasperated Yablokov. "Chechnya? Send troops to Novosibirsk...