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Some in the Kosovo Liberation Army smell a rat, but they'll attend Kosovo peace talks anyway. The rebel movement's political spokesman Adem Demaci on Tuesday recommended a boycott of the negotiations, but hours later rebel HQ announced they would be attending this weekend's talks in France. The confusion reflects suspicion over the Serbs' bona fides as well as concern over the framework outlined by NATO. "The Kosovo autonomy plan may actually allow Milosevic to put NATO to work for him, because the West's opposition to independence for Kosovo makes peacekeeping troops the guarantors of Yugoslav sovereignty...
...having succeeded in restoring Kosovo's autonomy," says Calabresi. "While some in the KLA will think they have nothing to lose by fighting on for independence, many recognize the need for an interim stage to stabilize the region -- and that's what the autonomy plan would give them." Rebel HQ seems to have decided that the cup is half full...
...violence Wednesday. The reason? Widespread public anger and an appeal from Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, according to the Real IRA's statement published in the Belfast Irish News. The real reason? If they hadn't said something, Ahern was threatening to crack down on the group's Dublin HQ. Besides, there's a more important public relations battle to wage...
...little as $3,000 to $5,000, you can turn that spare room into a fully wired nerve center with top-drawer gear rivaling any at corporate HQ. Sound promising? Sure. But before you start ticking off those tax deductions, there are a couple of things to consider: What kind of work do you intend to do? How much space can you spare? Aside from your souped-up PC, you'll need an array of space-hogging peripherals like a printer and a scanner. Fortunately, companies like Brother, Canon and Xerox recently unveiled a new and improved class of multifunction...
...Girl Scouts of Mount Laurel, New Jersey, are working on a new badge: "hard bargaining." Smack in the middle of the cookie-selling season, 27 area troops demanded a bigger commission from the South Jersey Pines council, which oversees Mount Laurel and six other area troops. When HQ rejected their request, the troops retaliated with a slowdown, vowing to peddle only the 12-box minimum. "This is the first I've heard of anything like this," says Marianne Ilaw, spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts of America, which has been selling cookies annually for 69 years...