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President Clinton called Russian President Boris Yeltsin to urge him tomake the cease-fire in Chechnya permanent. Yeltsin had ordered a halt in fighting until after Clinton's visit to Moscow to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany. Clinton called Yeltsin's order a welcome first step but he remains concerned about Russia's massive use of force to keep Chechnyan territory. Will Yeltsin have a change of heart? There has been no indication yet, butTIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovichsays "the government wants to create a good mood for the Clinton visit," but their actions...
...Central Highlands without much of a fight that touched off the final rout. In the last few weeks, he had shuttled from one villa to another, increasingly out of touch with his aides and allies, and with reality. He even speculated that bombing strikes by American B-52s might halt the NVA's onslaught. Hanoi also had visions of B-52s, but it was a mirage. Nothing could have persuaded the U.S. to resume the active fighting role it had relinquished after the Paris peace accords...
...which the State Department has been quietly preparing ever since. But goaded by a core of MIA families capitalizing on the President's reluctance to alienate those who lost relatives in a war he avoided fighting, the White House has now brought the pas de deux to a halt...
...American people," Clinton said at an Oval Office photo-op, reprising his Wednesday press conference theme that the president is "relevant." If Gingrich tied controversial "Contract With America" bills to legislation to raise the national debt ceiling, for instance, a Clinton veto would send the government skidding to a halt...
...week began with the prosecution methodically introducing the physical evidence it says will prove that O.J. Simpson murdered his ex-wife and a friend-evidence that withering cross-examination indicated might be flawed. But the trial came to an abrupt halt when another juror, Jeanette Harris, was dismissed, reportedly for having failed to fully reveal her personal experiences with domestic violence. Harris then publicly criticized the prosecution's case, talked about racial tensions on the jury and complained about the deputies guarding the panel. Judge Lance Ito promptly ordered an investigation...