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...governmental Jewish Agency announced it has nearly completed a mass evacuation of Chechen Jews from Grozny's Jewish ruined quarter and its outskirts. Large numbers of Jewish refugees from the region have reported anti-Semitic persecution in recent years, and Israeli sources say the situation has worsened amid the rebellion...
...wasn't this turmoil -- especially the rebellion in Chiapas -- itself an outgrowth of NAFTA? It's true that farmers there will suffer as protective trade barriers fall. But a deeper source of their discontent is sheer, longstanding poverty. And it's no coincidence that Chiapas, Mexico's poorest region, is also farthest from the U.S. and the balming effect of trade. The unrest of Mexican peasants is undeniably a reminder that free trade's overall benefits entail real costs, but it's equally a reminder that the alternative is worse. In a thoroughly protectionist world, all of Mexico might today...
With his troops in semi-retreat after an unsuccessful push to end the calamitousChechnya rebellion, Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered an end to air strikes that had laid waste to wide areas of the separatist republic's capital, Grozny. It was unclear whether Yeltsin's order, announced as he sent more crack Russian units toward the city, was a prelude to peace talks or a lull before a fresh ground assault. Yeltsin is facing renewed political opposition to the unpopular war at home and abroad. In Moscow, Grigory Yavlinsky, a leading reform lawmaker, called for his resignation. European criticism became...
Though Russia sent in a heavy force on Dec. 11 to stop the rebellion, and the Chechens vowed to fight, both sides appeared to be drawing back from a blood-soaked showdown. As many as 40,000 Russian troops converged on the Chechen capital of Grozny but were holding off on a final assault. Yeltsin extended for 48 hours, until Saturday midnight, an ultimatum for Chechens to surrender their weapons. His first ultimatum was a flat failure; as it was about to expire Thursday, the Moscow news agency TASS reported that "not a single gun has been turned...
...WARS: Rebellion in the Caucasus...