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...keeping Chechnya under Russian control is stricken with almost as many problems. The devastation the Russian army has left in its wake has done irreparable damage to any sort of legitimacy the Russian government might have had to rule the Chechens. Russia recently tried to organize a loyalist government--the only Chechen who would co-operate with them was a former mayor of Grozny in Russian prison following his conviction for embezzlement. In every shelled village, everyone who is killed or maimed leaves behind several family members who fiercely hate the Russian army and its rule...
...David Gergen and John McLaughlin), who was then under siege from, among others, Carl Bernstein, Stein's childhood next-door neighbor and Maryland public high school classmate (with Sylvester Stallone, Goldie Hawn and Connie Chung). Although some have posited him as Deep Throat, Stein has always remained a Nixon loyalist. Tapes of Nixon's resignation show Stein crying, and he insists that he was asked to quit the Ford Administration after a few weeks because his loud weeping was distracting the staff...
...tactics will deal a fatal blow to the President's reforms and perhaps trigger a repeat of last summer's student riots, which in turn could prompt a military crackdown. However, Khatami may still be able to pull off a victory. His strategy is to send a flood of loyalist candidates to the election board, so that even if political stars like Nouri are barred, a solid number will survive the vetting process and get elected. Some analysts are predicting that the regime's heavy-handed tactics could wind up mobilizing the sort of strong voter turnout that propelled Khatami...
...more illusions now," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "This is the endgame for Boris Yeltsin." Three bomb attacks that killed more than 250 apartment dwellers in a single week have created a groundswell of calls for action among the nation?s politicians ?- and Friday?s call by Yeltsin loyalist and Federation Council speaker Yegor Stroyev for the president to step down signals the mounting clamor for his ouster...
...parties now have until October to review their positions, but although the peace plan has broken down, it?s unlikely that war will resume. The loyalist marching season - always a flash point for communal violence - is over, and the fact of continued talks will likely restrain the major paramilitary organizations from breaching their cease-fire commitments. Low-key talks are to continue throughout the summer, and Britain still hopes to persuade the paramilitary groups to stick to the plan to negotiate a timetable for decommissioning weapons with Canadian mediator General John de Chastelain. Last Easter, Mitchell appeared to achieve...