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...parliament of a Russian plan for elections Dec. 17 for a new Chechen leader. For the Chechens, the election plan is merely an attempt to give a gloss of democratic legitimacy to Moscow's rule. "No election will be held until the last Russian invader has left," declares a spokesman for rebel leader Jokhar Dudayev, who conducts his guerrilla campaign from a mountain hideout...
President Clinton today signed a bill lifting the 21-year-old national speed limit despite fears that the measure will result in an increase in highway fatalities. White House spokesman Mike McCurry said Clinton felt a veto could cost states $6 billion because the provision is tacked onto this year's major highway spending bill. Another reason: the popular bill, which passed the House without opposition and the Senate on a 80-16 vote, is likely to withstand a veto anyway. In a few weeks, reports Austin bureau chief S.C. Gwynne, workers will begin posting signs raising the state speed...
...weeks after Perry used the V word, he seemed to have changed his mind. In a speech in Philadelphia he labeled Bosnia a place "where our vital interests are not threatened, but we do have an important stake in the outcome." Asked to explain this contradiction last week, Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon said Bosnia was important, though not vital, but the maintenance of U.S. leadership in NATO was at stake in the peacekeeping mission. "We're protecting NATO," Bacon said. "That's vital...
...South Africa on Friday, with a nonrefundable ticket. King, 64, who has survived a 1985 tax-evasion case, three grand jury probes and an fbi sting, had wriggled off the hook again, possibly because of airline pricing policies. "The champion will retain his title on a draw," declared King spokesman Mike Marley...
Within hours, the essential Gramm springs into action. Preening like a proud papa, Gramm announces "a major victory" for Texas. "Texas had only one Senator in the room when the key decision was made," Gramm's spokesman Larry Neal tells TIME later. "That was Phil Gramm. He made it happen...