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...conflict -- not likely to end any time soon -- is bound to have serious long-term repercussions for the Russian federation as well as for all of Eastern Europe, says TIME Moscow correspondent Yuri Zarakhovich. "If there was ever any doubt that Eastern Europe countries would seek the protection of the West and NATO, now that's gone," he says. Furthermore, Zarakhovich, who witnessed the sacking of Grozny from the front lines a week ago, says that the events might portend "the beginning of the end of the Russian federation." The attacks, Zarakhovich notes, stunned many Russians who are beginning...
...when circumstances allowed him to act, John Paul did so decisively. His major goals have been to clarify church doctrine -- believers may experience doubt but should be spared confusion -- and to reach out to the world, seek contacts with other faiths and proclaim to all the sanctity of the individual, body and soul...
ideals, mapping the way for a world that often wants to seek...
...their country once again treated as the great power it historically has been. Instead, they think, it is being brushed aside. Russian fears of an expanded NATO may be exaggerated but are not totally paranoid. Fear of Russia is indeed a factor driving Moscow's former satellites to seek full NATO membership. Russians tend to forget their country's long history of aggressive expansion under czars as well as commissars. Worse, Russians think the U.S. and other Western powers are reneging on an implied deal. Moscow has done much of what they wanted -- pulled its troops back from Central Europe...
...across rugged terrain while holding heavy semiautomatic rifles. John Schlosser, coordinator of Colorado's Free Militia (claimed membership: 3,000), admits that his group's doomsday preparations sometimes amount to no more than "playing games in the woods." Militia members, sometimes with their families in tow, play hide-and-seek and capture the flag, all to build conditioning in case of an armed conflict...