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...Republican leaders, who had been skeptical all along that the President would bring the troops home as promised, have accused him of breaking his word even as evidence mounts that Bosnia remains unstable, putting Americans in jeopardy. After the recent Muslim and Serb clashes, U.S. troops were forced to disband a Muslim army unit and confiscate thousands of illegally hoarded weapons, while Muslims protesting the seizure threw rocks, spat at the soldiers, and lay in front of the trucks taking away their arms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clinton Extends Bosnia Mission Into 1998 | 11/15/1996 | See Source »

...will disband when PUCC does, when the council stops being a two-party organization and works as one council," she said...

Author: By Peggy S. Chen, | Title: Internal Council Coalition Formed | 3/22/1996 | See Source »

...forces) for their mishandling of the war in Chechnya. Yeltsin may get rid of the ministers as the price of winning a vote of confidence scheduled for July 1. If it works, he can head off a crisis in which he would either have todismiss his entire cabinet or disband parliament. "Yeltsin doesn't much care for these guys anyway," says McAllister. "And dismissing them may be a safer route than disbanding the parliament, since he doesn't have any idea how elections would turn out on such short notice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE DUMA BACKS DOWN | 6/23/1995 | See Source »

Chinese legislators, making good on threats, voted to disband Hong Kong's legislature and other elected institutions when the colony reverts to Chinese rule in 1997. Meanwhile, Macau -- a Portuguese colony due to revert to Chinese control in 1999 -- may be in trouble. Officials there accidentally gave reporters a Governor's-eyes-only report describing Chinese Premier Li Peng's "incompetence and bad reputation." China registered "astonishment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SO LONG, HONG KONG | 8/31/1994 | See Source »

Schwelling told The Crimson earlier this weekthat Philos may be forced to disband in thespring...

Author: By Sharon A. Lisitzky, | Title: New Co-Ed Social Club To Organize | 1/12/1994 | See Source »

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