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MOGADISHU, Somalia: Presaging a new wave of Somalian violence, the son of a dead Somali warlord took his father's place on Sunday, vowing to preserve the political structure created by his father. Hussein Mohamed Aidid, a former U.S. Marine reservist, served with U.S. forces sent to Somalia in 1992. His father was killed last Thursday. Aidid was named interim president of Somalia by his clan and promptly promised to pacify the troubled nation by eliminating his rivals. Aidid's men killed two gunmen of Ali Madhi's faction Sunday, just days after two other warlords declared a unilateral cease...
...turned it down. "The Clinton Administration feels that Boutros-Ghali has not done a good job reorganizing and streamlining the organization," says TIME State Department correspondent Dean Fischer. "He has proved to be an inefficient manager and the U.S. is unhappy with the handling of U.N peace missions in Somalia and Bosnia." Also at issue: congressional Republicans are unlikely to let the White House pay billions in U.N. dues without new and aggressive leadership in the U.N. Among the possible successors to Boutros-Ghali are Irish President Mary Robinson, Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland and U.N Undersecretary-General Kofi...
...turned it down. "The Clinton Administration feels that Boutros-Ghali has not done a good job reorganizing and streamlining the organization," says TIME State Department correspondent Dean Fischer. "He has proved to be an inefficient manager and the U.S. is unhappy with the handling of U.N peace missions in Somalia and Bosnia." Also at issue: congressional Republicans are unlikely to let the White House pay billions in U.N. dues without new and aggressive leadership in the U.N. Among the possible successors to Boutros-Ghali are Irish President Mary Robinson, Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland and U.N Undersecretary-General Kofi...
Some powerful facts support that assertion. Perhaps 110 million mines lurk in 64 nations around the world, and each year they kill or maim about 30,000 people, usually civilians. The heaviest concentrations of mines are in poor countries like Cambodia, Somalia, Bosnia, Mozambique, Afghanistan and Angola that have survived years or even decades of civil war. Five million new mines are laid each year, and only 100,000 are cleared. A new mine costs $3; uprooting one costs between...
...write out a six-figure check,' and he gets it on the spot. He hits up Islamic businessmen who in some cases may not know where their money is going. A lot of it isn't going to rebuild mosques in Bosnia or feed starving Muslims in Somalia. A lot of it is going to set up camps and support networks and procure material for terrorist operations...