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...Gorbachev remains tense. Irritated by the acclaim Gorbachev received during his recent U.S. visit, the Kremlin accused the former Soviet President of "whipping up political tensions" by openly criticizing government policies and vaguely hinted that "legal steps" might have to be taken. These flare-ups of the old public feud are more reflective of the Yeltsin team's insecurity about its image abroad than of realities at home. Gorbachev has become increasingly irrelevant to Moscow politics. Yeltsin clearly has the upper hand and could make life difficult for his former rival at the constitutional-court hearings, scheduled to begin next...
Otherwise, Buchanan continues to simmer: he vowed to support the party nominee this fall and ended his feud with G.O.P. chairman Rich Bond when he said, "George Bush is entitled to have the chairman he wants...
Armenians and Azeris intensify their blood feud...
...over the unspoiled mountains and fertile valleys of Karabakh is a blood feud with roots that reach deep into the history of the region. In 1915, during the twilight of the Ottoman Empire, Armenians living in Turkish Armenia were deported into the deserts of what is now Syria. At least 1 million people of Armenian descent were either killed or died of starvation, though modern Turkey disputes that figure as exaggerated. Azeris are ethnic cousins of the Turks, and in Karabakh today some Armenian soldiers claim they are continuing the historic battle. "For the Azeris, the only solution...
...feud with Saddam Hussein, George Bush is trying to be Gary Cooper in the climactic scene from High Noon. As the lanky sheriff faces down the archvillain, frightened townspeople peek out of the windows to see who will be left standing in the dusty street. "This planet's not big enough for the two of us," says the leader of the free world...