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...Americans aren't ready to admit as much. But after initially dismissing the possibility that the U.S. had committed a colossal error, American military officials now concede that they may have attacked some anti-Taliban fighters. But they insist that Taliban soldiers were in the district as well. Privately, the Americans are showing even greater signs of contrition. An Army officer told TIME that some of the 27 captives will probably be released soon and "might even get an apology." A senior Afghan official in Kandahar told TIME that U.S. military commanders admitted to him that "there had been...
...skeletals insist, against the evidence, that they are not mad. "When all of a sudden you're on a 10-ft. wall and you've got four G-forces pushing you into the sled, that's cool," says Utahan Lincoln DeWitt, 34. He was first in the World Cup rankings last year, but has slid a bit this year. He certainly has a shot at winning, as does teammate Jim Shea Jr., 33, of Lake Placid...
...greater rights. And, he says, Europe would be saddled with "a tiny state that is economically hardly sustainable." E.U. and U.S. officials are pressing for "a democratic Montenegro in a democratic Yugoslavia," warning Djukanovic not to take any "unilateral actions." But if there is to be a referendum, they insist that the rules - including the form of the ballot question and the proportion of votes needed to win - must be agreed upon in advance with the local opposition...
Most longtime residents of Mitrovica insist that what has happened to their home town is the fault of a few extremists and outsiders. "The only thing worse than a Serb at war is a free Albanian," says Beke Abazi, 50, an Albanian magazine editor who is investigating the illegal seizure of property by organized gangs from both sides. "This is not a problem of neighbor-against-neighbor," he insists. "It's criminal gangs who are operating with impunity on both sides. All the good people have gone silent." With Milosevic on trial in the Hague, now may be the time...
Though University officials insist having a tunnel is crucial to the CGIS project, the Harvard administrator who oversees CGIS planning conceded that, even with last night’s vote, the toughest fight lies ahead...