Word: flare
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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MOSCOW: Ultranationalist Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky predicted civil war if President Boris Yeltsin does not form an election coalition to keep Communist boss Gennady Zyuganov out of the Kremlin. Civil war would flare as early as the fall, Zhirinovsky said, if Zyuganov wins the presidency at the June 16 elections. Zhirinovksy added Yeltsin should offer posts to non-communist candidates in exchange for their support. The coalition Zhirinovsky proposes is a serious issue for Russian presidential candidates as the election draws near. Yeltsin and Zyuganov are neck and neck in the polls, and an endorsement from one of the other...
...Rescue, or Hermanos al Rescate, was founded in 1991 by members of Miami's anti-Castro Cuban exile community as a peaceful protest group. Its technique was to fly over the Caribbean trying to spot rafts. Finding one, Brothers would swoop down close to the water and drop a flare. The orange smoke would guide the U.S. Coast Guard to the raft's position. The group saved the lives of hundreds if not thousands of Cubans who otherwise would have drowned...
...risk the lives of Dagestani hostages to destroy the invading rebels. "Not unlike neighboring Chechnya, there are caches of weapons in every house here, and all the people are as volatile. Enmity towards Moscow is visibly growing. If Dagestan should ever rise against Moscow and traditional ethnic rivalries flare up with a renewed force, the ongoing Chechen war may seem just like the spark of a full-scale conflagration...
Gingrich is also a revolutionary leader, a man comfortable with the kind of turmoil required to bring about change. But revolutionary leaders in America, even when they are successful, usually flare for only a year or two, and then they tend to fade. Gingrich may be able to resist that, but history suggests that would be very tough...
Eighteen Russian soldiers were killed and eight more captured by Chechen rebels when their convoy was ambushed as they traveled to give medical aid to fellow Russian troops. The attack was the hottest flare-up in fighting since the two sides agreed to a cease-fire six months ago. After the Russian military vowed to retaliate with ''adequate measures,'' and warned Chechen civilians to evacuate the area where the attack occurred, the eight hostages were released...