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...Soviet Socialist Republics, Boris Yeltsin made a historic decision to affirm the borders of the old Soviet republics as new international ones. He has at several key moments repudiated the bellicose claims of his noisier opponents. Yet plenty of questions--and among Russia's neighbors, plenty of anxieties--persist about how Moscow will handle its relations with the other 11 members of the Commonwealth of Independent States. If it develops as a genuine commonwealth of genuinely independent states, it will have the support of all its members and of the world at large. But if Russia tries to make "commonwealth...
Lane County's university liberals, who make up half the Fourth's voting population, approve of DeFazio's pro-environment, anti-corporate-welfare stand: he has carried at least two-thirds of the vote each election since his first term, despite the forestry conflicts that persist in this district. He opposes most salvage logging efforts--a burning issue here--but has come down on the side of labor and is against NAFTA, GATT and the exporting of raw lumber to Asia. His ability to manage these divergent interests has helped keep him in office...
...games usually commence on Friday night--for the staunchest participants on Thursday--and often persist into the wee hours of Sunday morning...
Speaking before an ethnically diverse audience, the Queen lamented tensions that still persist in the region and warned that negotiations are in danger of collapsing entirely...
...Zyuganov. But they really voted for the lesser of two evils," says TIME's Bruce Nelan. For Yeltsin, the chief problem is his rapidly failing health. While a smiling, confident Yeltsin cast his ballot from a rest home outside Moscow, rumors that he continues to suffer a heart ailment persist. But for today, anyway, the Russian president was in full campaign mode, reminding Russians to get out and vote. A high voter turnout, which in many areas ran between 60 and 65 percent, was considered vital for Yeltsin's reelection. A smaller turnout would have helped Zyuganov...