Word: northerners
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...descended as well. As Croatian tanks began rolling through the streets, Knin's Serb leaders placed a last-minute call to the U.N., requesting the evacuation of 32,000 civilians. Then the leaders themselves joined the long line of cars, trucks and buses streaming in the direction of northern Bosnia. Around noon, an enormous Croatian flag, whose red-and-white checkerboards have long served for Serbs as a hated symbol of Croatian rule, was hoisted above Knin's 10th century citadel, once used as a coronation site for medieval kings...
...attacked only dogs and horses, now know that at least two species of Ehrlichia can infect humans. One causes HGE, and the other causes a disease called monocytic Ehrlichiosis, a flulike illness first identified in the western hemisphere nine years ago. HGE is spread by the deer tick in Northern states, while monocytic Ehrlichiosis is a mostly Southern syndrome that travels in the Lone Star tick. The disease is found in 30 states, including Texas and Oklahoma. More than 400 cases of monocytic Ehrlichiosis, nine of them fatal, have been documented since the mid-'80s. Unfortunately the two species...
...Northern Baptist participating in the Southern Baptist Convention, I rejoiced greatly at the resolution against racism because it was not only about the past but also about the future. It pledged to "eradicate racism in all its forms from the Southern Baptist life and ministry.'' It is unfortunate that you did not quote one word from the resolution. DENTON LOTZ, GENERAL SECRETARY Baptist World Alliance McLean, Virginia...
...were wounded in crossfire during a gun fight with Indian forces, though who was injured and how badly was not mentioned in the rebel statement. A New Delhi official, Ramamohan Rao, called the account "baseless." At least 12 search parties of federal agents, police and nomads have been combing northern India for two Britons, a German, a Norwegian, and an American since they were kidnapped on July 4. As worsening weather raised fears for the hostages' health, the separatist Al-Faran group reissued its threat to kill the hostages unless search crews were recalled and 21 Kashmiri guerrillas were...
...government strike force that had been chasing him for months. Santacruz is sometimes called "El Gordo" -- the Fat One -- and knowing he likes to eat, General Rosso Josa Serrano Cadena, chief of the Colombian National Police, ordered his men to stake out several of the good restaurants in the northern part of the city. Last Tuesday night Santacruz and three business associates dropped by a steakhouse called Carbon de Palo...