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Last fall Turkey threatened to invade unless Syria handed Ocalan over. Unwilling to fight a war over a revolutionary vagabond, the Syrians in October dispatched Ocalan to Athens, then to Moscow. Five weeks later, following Russia's refusal to grant him refugee status, he flew to Rome and requested political asylum. In the face of Turkish diplomatic and economic threats, Italy refused and on Jan. 16 sent the guerrilla back to Russia...
Perhaps we'd better prepare for the coming of the god-game generation: children who have tasted such power and know little of defeat. Sid Meier spent his childhood reconstructing the fall of Rome with legions of toy soldiers. Now his eight-year-old son conducts the same campaigns in Civilization, to much greater effect. "Nothing is impossible to him," says Meier. "I suppose once you've led the Roman Empire, you don't really have a sense of limitations...
Though it seems they have little in common besides good cheekbones, JON BON JOVI and MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY have struck up quite a cinematic partnership. Bon Jovi wrote a song for EDtv, McConaughey's upcoming film, and the two are currently shooting U-571 in Rome. The film's about a World War II submarine, and the actors will spend three weeks on a sub off the coast of Malta. "I wasn't thrilled about getting my hepatitis and tetanus shots," says Bon Jovi, who's claustrophobic too. "I thought about getting a note from my doctor saying I got them...
BIGGEST NEW YEAR'S EVE BLOWOUT 999: Thousands pack St. Peter's Basilica in Rome to witness the end of the world 1999: Thousands pack Times Square in New York City to witness the dropping of the new Waterford crystal ball...
...games! I play a lot of them on my computer, and my current favorite is Age of Empires: the Rise of Rome (Microsoft; $24.95). The original game is more than a year old, but the "expansion pack" that was released a few months ago is shamefully addictive. It's a strategy game: you start out in the Stone Age, and if you manage your resources correctly--building armies, collecting wood, harvesting food--you can progress all the way to ancient Roman times. Just the right amount of strategy and terrific graphics of stuff blowing...