Word: regionals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...logic rare in the Arab world. For centuries, men of the region have engaged in "honor killing," the intrafamily slaughter of allegedly errant females. Women have endured the custom, while legal establishments have tolerated or even condoned it. But now activists in Jordan, backed by the royal family, are dragging the issue out of the darkness. "We are determined to be an example in our part of the world," Queen Noor told CNN's Christiane Amanpour last week in an interview for NewsStand: CNN & TIME...
...Russia or to the country's continued reliance on abortion as the preferred form of birth control. Perhaps because of this, book sales have been brisk and the publisher is talking about a second printing. Zhirinovsky announced last week that he'll soon run for governor of a Russian region--which one remains to be announced. Then he flew off to Libya, his fifth visit to pal Muammar Gaddafi in the past year...
...monitors, the KLA released eight captive Serb soldiers after the Serbs agreed to hand over nine KLA prisoners. The deal surprised many observers, who expected the Serbs to maintain a hard line. "This is a major step forward for the KLA and may signal further diplomatic progress in the region," says Anastasijevic. But with the KLA committed to fight for full independence and the Serbs dead set against letting them go, even today's breakthrough won't stop further violence...
...describing a machine that could decode genes automatically. He flew to California and met with one of the machine's designers, Michael Hunkapiller. Within a few months, he had the first automated gene sequencer at the NIH. Within a year, the machine had decoded 100,000 letters in one region of a genome--fast, but not fast enough for Venter...
...Even if the region?s hardworking Western observers broker a deal over the captive soldiers, the respite may be temporary. ?The reason for the lull in fighting is less because of the cease-fire than because of the weather,? says Anastasijevic. ?The issues underlying the conflict remain unresolved, but it?s difficult to fight in minus-20-degree temperatures. When the snows melt in a month or two, the war will probably resume.? And that will put Washington right back in its Balkan bind...