Word: remainings
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...such diverse interpretation that it will require some nimble diplomatic choreography to turn it into a workable peace plan. At issue: When NATO stops its bombing; the nature of NATO involvement in the U.N.-authorized peacekeeping force for Kosovo; and the size of the Yugoslavian military presence allowed to remain in the province. One indicator of the progress of peace talks is Ahtisaari's schedule. He's indicated that he'll accompany Chernomyrdin to Belgrade Wednesday if there's sufficient agreement Tuesday to make "to make a joint trip to Belgrade a sensible prospect." The answer to that question...
...open the airplane door. In 1973 he dressed as a woman to infiltrate Beirut with a unit that assassinated three leaders of the Palestine Liberation Organization. He was a commander of Israel's famous 1976 operation to rescue hostages at Uganda's Entebbe airport. Most of his exploits remain classified. In all, he earned five citations for bravery, more than any other soldier in Israeli history...
...campaign or the diplomacy to work in time for ethnic Albanians to be shepherded home to their charred villages before the autumn snows turn the battered province into a frigid moonscape. So too does the inflexible logic of winter force NATO to confront whether ground troops even remain a live option. As a State Department official noted, there's a lot of motion going on, but not a lot of change...
...both sides are determined to avoid a war," says Rahman. "Instead we're looking at a long counterinsurgency as the Indian army comes under political pressure to retake the territory seized by the infiltrators." In other words, just business as usual in Kashmir. A surer indication that dispute will remain local: Even as their armed forces trade fire in the disputed province, both countries vowed Friday that the conflict wouldn't jeopardize their ongoing involvement in the cricket world...
...incursion into India since 1948, and the object is less military than political," says TIME New Delhi correspondent Maseeh Rahman. "By the choice of terrain, this looks less like an attempt to capture territory than a means of keeping international focus on Kashmir. Pakistan is concerned that if things remain quiet in the region, the world will forget about the long-standing dispute over the territory." Wednesday's escalation brought tensions between the two countries to a fever pitch, as Pakistan's military threatened to retaliate and India warned it to stay out of the battle...