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...officials have blamed Serbia's President Slobodan Milosevic for the upsurge in violence around the town, but while Belgrade has certainly armed and organized the remaining Serbs in northern Kosovo, the recent outbreak of violence began with a rocket attack on a bus carrying Serb civilians that most observers saw as a continuation of efforts by elements of the supposedly disbanded Kosovo Liberation Army to drive out the territory's remaining Serbs. "Laying all the blame on Milosevic is too easy," says Anastasijevic. "He's certainly involved in arming and organizing the Serbs, but saying Milosevic is the source...
Recently, there has been a very serious escalation in the war between Israel and Hizbullah terrorists in Lebanon. The situation is frightening: Israeli civilians are hiding in bomb shelters fearing another round of Katyusha rocket attacks, soldiers have been wounded and killed, while several Lebanese civilians have been wounded and many others are without electricity after an Israeli air-bombing of major power plants...
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...regularly get letters from readers who are confused about these matters. So when I saw that the safety agency was planning a big push on child-passenger safety in February, I went to its dank parking garage in downtown Washington for a hands-on demonstration. Though it's not rocket science, I learned that it does take some concentration (and exertion) to make the kiddies as secure as possible...
...this was a rare instance where intellectualism and knowledge were really celebrated," he says. "Education had suddenly become a very, very front-page, desirable commodity. Bear in mind that these quiz shows are playing right about the time that Sputnik is being launched--and we can't get a rocket...