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...Governor Mike Foster. Less fortunate were the Caribbean island nations on Lili's route to the U.S.: she killed four people each in Jamaica and St. Vincent, as well as causing extensive damage on Barbados, where 400 homes were destroyed. IVORY COAST Can They Stop? The Ivorian government and rebel soldiers moved toward the signing of an unconditional cease-fire after intense negotiations mediated by West African diplomats. The rebels, who hold areas in the north of the Ivory Coast, including the cities of Bouake and Korhogo, have been battling the government of President Laurent Gbagbo since a failed coup...
...edge of civil war. Three weeks ago, a group of disgruntled soldiers mutinied after being demobilized. The revolt quickly turned to open conflict between troops loyal to the government of Laurent Gbagbo - who came to power two years ago in flawed elections from which opposition parties were barred - and rebels allegedly led by General Robert Gue?, who headed a successful 1999 coup, was ousted by Gbagbo in 2000 and shot dead three weeks ago, one of this uprising's early fatalities. The violence - which the government has also blamed on neighboring Burkina Faso, Liberia and Sierra Leone - has left more...
...European mainstream, which was summed up in the "total hostility" French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder declared toward the U.S. draft of a U.N. resolution that would automatically authorize war if Saddam Hussein stymies weapons inspectors. Forty percent of Labour delegates backed a rebel motion denouncing any use of force ever. Clinton got some digs in at Bush for disdaining allies and international institutions. But he forcefully backed Blair and Bush in seeking a tough U.N. resolution aiming to "call Saddam's bluff" on inspections. While not enthusiastic about a U.S.-British attack without...
...Spain, alcohol is treated in a much more sensible manner. Sort of like riding a bicycle, learning to drink alcohol is done at an early age, before adolescents develop the desire to rebel and deceive. Children grow up watching their parents drink wine at the dinner table and beer in front of the television, so they are exposed to responsible drinkers from a very early age. In Spain, singing and dancing take the place of keg stands and beer pong...
...drink—one that leads teachers and parents to preach abstinence and children to pay their local winos to buy them bottles of booze at the liquor store—is completely backwards. Parents are conditioned to fear alcohol among their children, and children are conditioned to rebel by drinking behind closed doors because our laws forbid them from doing otherwise...