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...Nigerians injured and an estimated 10 Somalis dead. The unrest, the most violent involving UNITAF troops since Operation Restore Hope began in December, was triggered by the takeover of the southern port town of Kismayu by gunmen loyal to General Mohammed Said Hersi, a.k.a. "Morgan." His men reportedly crept into Kismayu Monday night and opened fire on the militia of Omar Jess, a local warlord with close ties to Aidid. Angered that American forces in the town allowed this to happen, Aidid accused them of engineering the attack and called for widespread demonstrations against the foreign force. Relief operations...
With the win, the first-place Crimson (27 points) distanced itself further from Yale (22 points), which had crept up to second-place after the loss to Rensselaer one week ago. RPI, meanwhile, edged Dartmouth, 4-3, to move into second place with 23 points...
That night, Okiki told police, she got "angrier and angrier." She had told friends that "cutting somebody is no big deal" and that she stabbed her father once. A few hours before dawn the girl crept into the kitchen and selected a knife, which she tucked into her book...
...inevitable that reality would catch up with his political promises, but in Clinton's case the reckoning crept up faster than he expected. As he came under fire for a remarkable string of discarded pledges last week, some weaknesses began to show. Democratic Party officials conceded that the transition had exposed traits that may hamper Clinton in the Oval Office. Although he is determined to master the details of policy, they said, he is often reluctant to confront politically difficult problems. His commitment to diversity is so complete that it frequently grinds his decision making to a halt. His greatest...
...operation slowly got under way, the 3,000 U.S. troops found themselves spread thin, trying to answer a host of competing demands. Most of the capital's armed thugs crept away, but soldiers had yet to impose more than a veneer of security. On Saturday, U.S. combat helicopters destroyed three armed Somali vehicles that had opened fire on the American gunship. Relief workers groused about poor communications and stalled food shipments; more urgent were the calls for help from Good Samaritans trapped in their compounds in outlying towns where marauding gunmen were still stealing, fighting and killing. Somali clan leaders...