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...tripartite presidency, with one position per ethnic group, is unlikely to lead to a truly unified Bosnia. Just the opposite, says the front-running Serb candidate for the joint presidency, Momcilo Krajisnik. "If the Muslims try to press for a stronger [central government for] Bosnia and Herzegovina, that could lead to collapse," he threatens. Dismissing any talk of reintegration, he adds, "Bosnia is only a thin roof under which it has two, completely sovereign entities." Krajisnik even carries his vision for division to the bicameral parliament's architecture. He has suggested constructing a building on the former confrontation line with...
...Warren Christopher proposed Friday that the western military alliance sign up Russia and the former Soviet allies, its former opponents. Christopher is not offering Russia full NATO membership, but rather wants NATO's charter to reflect standing arrangements for consultation and cooperative action between Russia and the alliance, including joint training and involvement of Russia in peacekeeping activities. While Christopher might be trying to compensate a Russia nervous about NATO's continuing campaign to bring Eastern European nations into the alliance, he may not be offering enough balm. "Russia is very suspicious of NATO," says TIME's Bruce Nelan...
...strenuous talks with the rebel leaders, interrupted by frantic calls to the Chechen and Russian camps to quell sporadic fighting, he announced a breakthrough that he claimed would "terminate this bloody bacchanalia." A cease-fire would commence at noon on Friday, Russian troops would begin departing Grozny, and joint patrols would police the shattered city. In another couple of days, he promised to produce a permanent political solution to Chechnya's bid for independence. Never mind that similar plans have come and gone in the 20-month war. Claiming credit for the deal, Lebed offered perhaps the most succinct analysis...
...Home Page claims he's relatively well known in the computer industry. "I'm not saying I'm the ace of spades, but I'm not the two of clubs either," he said last week, after agreeing to an unprecedented face-to-face meeting at a Manhattan barbecue joint. (For identification purposes, this was worthless: I didn't recognize...
...horizon are MCI Communications and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., which have sunk $1.1 billion into their joint global dbs venture, American Sky Broadcasting. This pair love a good marketing punch-up. The company started swinging last month, touting ASkyB's service as "entertainment like nothing on earth." Earth to Rupert: the system is at least two years from launch...