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...bloc countries before they collapsed concluded the North could have suffered the same fate - in 1992. The regime "is surviving and will continue to survive for the time being," said Kim Sung Chull, one of the report's authors. One reason is that Kim is supported by an élite group of military officers, party cadres and security officials who haven't been as affected by the economic collapse as the general population and who see their fate linked to the regime's. They number perhaps only 100,000, with 10,000 representing a "super élite" with close ties...
...it’s fair to assume that associating a fattening cookie with a people who are stereotyped as being abnormally overweight is unfair, but at least it’s better than sticking in the term “Lite.” For starters, “lite” is a non-word. Were the Girl Scout pooh-bahs searching so hard for a term that didn’t include “light” that they stumbled upon something that usually implies low-cal anyway...
...THINK THIN CHOCOLATE FUDGE LITE Flavorful, with a smooth, soft texture and the least chemical taste. Its 240 calories aren't excessive, but it has just 1 g of fiber...
...southern republic of Dagestan. Due to chronic underfunding, many Russian schools are poorly maintained; last year there were 700 school fires. Sand Trap ALGERIA More than 1,000 soldiers and border guards joined the search for 29 Western tourists missing in the Sahara desert. Germany sent an élite antiterrorist unit to help in the hunt for the tourists, 18 of whom are German nationals, after Interior Minister Otto Schily visited Algiers. Fears grew that the travelers, the first of whom went missing in mid-February, were kidnapped by Islamic extremists. MEANWHILE IN ITALY ... Saints They Ain't Italian police...
...Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic. His suspected assassin, Zvezdan Jovanovic, was arrested, and two of three alleged masterminds of the Djindjic murder plot, Dusan Spasojevic and Mile Lukovic, died in a gun battle with police. The third, Milorad Lukovic (a.k.a. Legija), the former commander of an élite antiterrorist squad called the JSO, is still on the lam. After questioning members of JSO, officials found the body of Ivan Stambolic, a former Serbian President who disappeared three years ago. Police said drug barons hired Jovanovic, the JSO's deputy commander, to kill Djindjic to prevent government investigations. The JSO was disbanded...