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...over yet," said NATO military spokesman Gen. Walter Jertz. "Serb forces will not halt their operations until their commanders give them the order. There is hope that will happen soon." Negotiations over the timetable for Serb troop withdrawals were expected to resume Sunday night and continue, said NATO spokesman Maj. Trey Cate, "through till...
...stars buy immunity from sex charges in the Army? The perception that they do may prompt the military to bring Maj. Gen. David Hale out of retirement to face charges, says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. An internal report has found that Hale engaged in improper relationships with the wives of four of his subordinates. But with Hale in retirement, "the real question is whether the Army is going to do anything about it," says Thompson. Hale can be recalled to active duty in order to be court-martialed. "The perception that the Army allowed Hale to retire...
BAGHDAD: It?s business as usual for the U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq today. "We will start our inspections as soon as possible," Maj. Gen. Nils Carlstrom, head of the UNSCOM monitoring office, said as his team arrived from Bahrain. Iraqis will no doubt be pleased to learn that there are only four American inspectors returning, as opposed to the six who left. UNSCOM chair Richard Butler says this is "part of the normal rotation...
...have finally been found guilty. Former SS captain Erich Priebke, nearly 84, checked off the names of the 335 men and boys as they were led to slaughter. On Tuesday, a Roman court ordered him to serve five years of a 15-year term. His co-defendant, former S.S. Maj. Karl Hass, 84, who shot at least two of the victims, was given a suspended 10-year, eight-month sentence and allowed to go free. The two were convicted despite Italy's 30-year statute of limitations on murder, a decision which the prosecutor, Antonino Intelisano, said compensated...
...Monday's fighting. So far, there are no reports of civilian death, but ten of the evacuees were carried out to helicopters on stretchers. For most of those caught in the crossfire, it was a harrowing ordeal, one that included being robbed by rebel soldiers loyal to coup leader Maj. Johnny Paul Koroma. They've made the area "a very dangerous place," said Ann Wright, the American Embassy official overseeing the evacuation. "These are a bunch of thugs and lunatics, having a free reign of terror with the army joining...