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...armies), but only once two major obstacles have been cleared. The first is that the exceedingly diverse parties in Macedonia's coalition government must agree on a set of legislative and constitutional changes to address the grievances of the country's ethnic Albanians, and the second is that the rebel forces must agree to lay down their weapons in exchange for those political changes...
Bush, by comparison, has a resume that conforms with every pre-1970s ideal of what real men really do. He was a rebel against his father--but eventually became the most dutiful son. He boozed and pranked his way through college. He went to a y-chromosome graduate school--in business, natch. He then dabbled in oil and baseball. He speaks the language of sports players and frat boys: inarticulate, abrupt and mostly a mix of self-deprecation and merciless teasing of others. Hence the nicknames for colleagues and journalists. Could anything get more guyish...
...Commander Abu Sabaya vowed last week to kill the remaining hostages quickly, including American missionary couple Martin and Gracia Burnham, if the army didn't cease its pursuit. "It would be a pity if you provoke us," warned the rebel spokesman. "We will behead the whites...
...There was so much good theater going on all around campus, but it was all part of this extra-curricular, rebel underground; an academically self-destructive sub-culture,” he remembers. “The truth is, I really had no idea that I wanted to go to New York after graduation. But it turned out to be the natural course of action, given the rebellious frame of mind I was in after four years of straddling the fence between academics and theater...
...LANKA Peace Talks Norwegian-led efforts to secure a truce between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels were complicated by a bomb attack on a rebel leader and demands by a leading Muslim party for a role in the peace process. Envoy Erik Solheim held talks with President Chandrika Kumaratunga and met Tamil leaders in rebel-held territory, but discussions ended without a breakthrough. Both sides agreed to continue deliberations to end the 18-year conflict...