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Increasingly frustrated, federal authorities are talking of forcible ways to end the siege. They are believed to be considering using tear gas and other nonlethal chemicals, trying to shoot Koresh by sniper fire through a window, or crumbling a corner of the building by ramming tanks or other armored vehicles...
The court's Chief Justice Valeri Zorkin did not use the word impichment in his advisory opinion, but that did not slow down Khasbulatov. "It's absolutely clear," he insisted, "that there are grounds for initiating the impeachment process." Members of the parliament weren't all as sure. Khasbulatov settled...
Several sparks finally ignited this mixture. As the civil war in neighboring Cambodia simmered down, the threat to Thailand from communist Vietnam, which long occupied Cambodia, also diminished. The army's aura as protector of the nation dimmed accordingly; Suchinda provoked only sardonic laughter last week by declaring that soldiers...
Agarwal's comments reflect a new feistiness among developing countries on environmental matters. A coalition of them, called the Group of 77, has put up a remarkably united front in the Earth Summit talks. Led by Indians and Pakistanis, whose language skills and flair for bureaucratic nitpicking serve them well...
What can they do to stop the U.S. from ramming its own answer to the German question down their throats? "Nothing," admits a close Gorbachev adviser. "But the outcome will influence our approach on many other matters. If the old German Democratic Republic joins NATO, the Soviet military will be...