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...everyone heard it, makes for a repetitious read and a disgruntled customer. Stewart's off-the-wall and out-of-his-mind stories, whether they make you giggle or glare, must be applauded for their uncontested originality. Yes, we've all thought that Bill Gates must have made some pact with the devil. But few of us have sat down and written it in old-style folklore form entitled "The Devil and William Gates," in which ol' Billy swindles Lucifer himself by reporting his credit card and car stolen, and changing the Devil's fingerprints to match those...
...cold light of day. NATO commander in chief General Wesley Clark met with President Milosevic Wednesday to press the Serb leader to meet the already extended deadline for withdrawing his forces -- October 12. But reports of continued fighting in the territory highlight a substantial flaw in the pact: It doesn't include the pro-independence guerrillas of the Kosovo Liberation Army. KLA snipers have killed a handful of Serbian police this week, provoking a return of Serb troops and armor to some parts of Kosovo. "The Kosovar Albanians are deeply frustrated that the U.S. didn't follow through," says TIME...
Bill Clinton's portfolio is looking a little heavily exposed in the Mideast, but the President Tuesday kept on investing political capital in pursuit of a prestige-enhancing peace pact. But even if Clinton and Jordan's ailing King Hussein -- expected to arrive on Tuesday -- manage to coax the unenthusiastic partners to cut a deal, it's unlikely to provide a solution to the troubled region's conflict...
...clock is ticking in this part of the world. Without continuous progress, the peace process falls apart. The U.S. is busy trying to nudge Israel and the Palestinians into implementing a long-delayed stage of the Oslo peace pact. Even with a breakthrough "time is really not our friend here," says National Security Adviser Sandy Berger. It's taken 18 months so far to negotiate the transfer of 13% of West Bank land. Now there's little hope the two can settle questions of Jerusalem's status and a future Palestinian state by Oslo's May 4 deadline...
...Turkey-Syria conflict could have dramatic implications in the Middle East and even the Balkans. Turkey maintains a defense pact with Israel, while Greece, Russia and the Arab world are allied to Syria. "The U.S. wields considerable influence over both countries and may be able to pressure both to back off," says TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod. "But Iraq's invasion of Kuwait showed that wars can break out against all rational prediction...