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...diplomacy, with which Washington would convince North Koreans that, as a top White House aide puts it, "they will pay too heavy a price if they pursue this nuclear approach." The 1994 framework is effectively dead. Pyongyang can no longer sell off its threats piecemeal. New U.S. demands will sweep across the spectrum of security issues, including a pullback of conventional forces from the DMZ. If Kim doesn't buckle, Washington will make its weight felt by cutting off outside aid except for humanitarian assistance. The risk, warns Gary Samore, a Clinton Administration National Security Council director on nonproliferation...
...Visitors to Chechnya over the past six months note a growing belief among young Chechens that theirs is a "doomed generation," fated to be killed by the Russians whether they take up arms or simply stay at home waiting to be taken away in a police security sweep. And that perception has fueled an inclination to go down fighting. Now, a sophisticated terror operation has brought Muscovites face to face with the ongoing war, undermining President Putin's claims of victory and forcing him to cancel his planned attendance at an Asia-Pacific summit where he was to have held...
...Crimson ran its winning streak to seven this weekend with four league wins at Connecticut College in New London, Conn. Harvard (14-4, 10-1 CWPA) beat two ranked teams—No. 15 St. Francis and No. 20 Iona—en route to its sweep of the meet...
...matchup of the Ivy League’s top two teams, Harvard smacked the Big Red in a 3-0 (30-27, 30-25, 30-19) sweep...
...Crimson sweep of the last four opponents is not an unattainable goal. Though Saturday’s foe Princeton is the only unblemished team in Division I, the Tigers have played no ranked nonconference opponents, and the Crimson has a long history of beating Princeton, including eight straight wins prior to last season...