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...natural barrier the Caucasus Mountains afford. While public opinion rises against Yeltsin, the Russian military machine's influence is still alive and well. Unlike that in Western Europe or the U.S., Russian public opinion cannot swing the government without the blessing of the Russian military. Paul van Hoesen Gorinchem, the Netherlands There is a widespread feeling of relief among Ukrainians at not having to contribute to Moscow's belligerency. Far too often in the past, Ukraine has had to tag along with what Russia has claimed to be a legal defense of conditions--brought about through coercion and held together...
Some of the most blatant corruption has occurred in Tanzania. Last year a member of the country's parliament, Alli Yusufu Abdurabi, was discovered with 105 tusks. Abdurabi is now serving a twelve-year prison sentence for trading in illegal ivory. Indonesia's former Ambassador to Tanzania, Hoesen Yoesoef, was found trying to smuggle more than 200 tusks out of the country last January. Other illegal ivory was found in the hands of a Catholic priest, a leading local journalist and officials of the Iranian and Pakistani embassies. More than 280 tons of illegal ivory has left Tanzania...
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