Word: halifax
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...able to scheme and then justify their scheming? If computers acquire a brain or a mind, might they develop a psychosis? I shudder to reflect that computer creators will someday develop both good-think and bad-think machines that will go to war, imitating their human creators. ALAN RICHES Halifax, Nova Scotia...
After applying for and receiving Harvard's endorsement, Keitner, along with the other candidates in the Maritime region, flew to Halifax. Nova Scotia, this weekend for individual thirty-minute interviews with the selection committee...
...Halifax, Canada, for an economics summit, Chirac claimed that the rapid-reaction force would "have a serious and effective military capability" to come to the aid of Blue Helmet contingents in trouble. That sounded like a threat to both the Bosnian Serbs and the Bosnian government, but it was immediately undermined by the declarations made by peacekeeping officials on the ground in Bosnia. The senior U.N. representative, Yasushi Akashi, announced that the new force will operate under the same rules that have applied in the past and thus will undertake no actions without the consent of the Bosnian Serbs...
...Reported by Massimo Calabresi/Visoko, Thomas Sancton/ Halifax, Alexandra Stiglmayer/Sarajevo and Mark Thompson/Washington
...storm the hospital failed, an uneasy stalemate settled in. Chernomyrdin moved to break the deadlock by calling rebel leader Basayev directly by telephone at the hospital to discuss conditions for the release of the hostages, including a cease-fire in the Chechen war. Yeltsin meanwhile had gone to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the summit of the seven leading economic powers was being held. After meeting with Yeltsin, the seven condemned violence on both sides of the Chechen conflict...