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With a standoff shaping up, Berisha sat down for five acrimonious hours on Thursday with opposition political leaders in the capital, Tirana, then agreed to a two-day halt in military operations in the south. He is offering amnesty to citizens who turn in their weapons and have not committed crimes, which he did not define...
...that's inflationary. Can we afford higher rates? Credit-card delinquencies are already at recessionary levels, and personal bankruptcies have reached a record pace--20,000 a week. Thus, even a minor rate hike could mean trouble and possibly bring the six-year economic expansion to a screeching halt. Don't say we didn't warn...
...Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) voted Thursday to ratify a joint University-HUCTW agreement that will halt a reduction of part-time worker health benefits for another year. The agreement, first announced last month, was endorsed by 89 percent of HUCTW's 3,600 members...
...built his fame as a tough-minded and decisive military leader in masterminding several key victories in Chechnya's bloody struggle with Russia. He is faced with a large-scale reconstruction of Chechnya. The war left the capital of Grozny flattened and the region's economy nearly at a halt. The government must also deal with thousands of refugees and war widows. Hanging over all is the need to have a strong governmental structure in place when final negotiations on Chechen independence begin five years from...
...crest jewel of America's (brief) era of enlightenment. News media, public officials and those with a voice or forum within what remains of contemporary culture have an excellent chance to halt this sacrilege, before Sony-Disney get on board and turn a natural gem into a theme park. The "opposite shore" of the pond remains, at the moment, pristine--so you can see what used to be. The fucked-up side, incredibly, is now forbidden except to "hard hats." The second side goes next...