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Saying "It is necessary to use force to liquidate the bandits," Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev advocated storming the hospital where Chechen rebels hold over 1,000 hostages. A defiant Shamil Basayev, the leader of the rebel group, defied Grachev, saying: "Let them come and storm the place." Negotiations in the three-day old crisis have hit a standstill as the 200 rebels holed up inside the building rejected an offer of safe passage to Chechnya or any country willing to accept them. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin is on his way to attempt a peaceful resolution, but his chances appear...
...former member of the radical group Studentsfor a Democratic Society (SDS) sounded defiant...
...fined $2 each. There will be no New York, no new life and no refund. The boat captains change clothes and seat themselves among the passengers to avoid detection. One female passenger starts to cry. Her trip is a waste, her future uncertain. But one boat captain is defiant. "We will go again next week," he vows. "They cannot stop...
There is nothing in this movie to enjoy, least of all its art. And yet, like Beth, its defiant spirit and hope are enough to bring it prosperity. Hope here means hoping this actually intends its documentary brotherhood and only accidentally exploits a fetish for violence on and off the screen...
...reform has unleashed a freewheeling, often defiant, disregard for authority among a traditionally obedient populace. ``The only law here is supply and demand,'' says city economist Nguyen Quy Lan. The race to make money has bred corruption within an already unresponsive bureaucracy. Regulations are routinely ignored. Smuggling and prostitution, once confined to Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon, are rampant. Consider Hanoi's top-draw weekend entertainment event: midnight motorcycle races through the streets. When police showed up at 3 a.m. on Christmas Day with paint guns and electric batons to put an end to a big race...