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SARAJEVO: The U.S. will meet Friday in Rome with the three Balkan presidents and NATO representatives in an effort to diffuse mounting tensions that threaten an already fragile peace accord. At issue is the Serb contention that they are being unfairly singled out for war crimes violations. Stung by the capture and extradition to The Hague of two Serb army officers accused of war crimes, Bosnian Serb leaders have broken off all contact with the NATO peacekeeping force and have warned all Serbs not to cross into Muslim-held areas of Sarajevo. Bosnia's Muslim government is still holding...
SARAJEVO: The U.S. will meet Friday in Rome with the three Balkan presidents and NATO representatives in an effort to diffuse mounting tensions that threaten an already fragile peace accord. At issue is the Serb contention that they are being unfairly singled out for war crimes violations. Stung by the capture and extradition to The Hague of two Serb army officers accused of war crimes, Bosnian Serb leaders have broken off all contact with the NATO peacekeeping force and have warned all Serbs not to cross into Muslim-held areas of Sarajevo. Bosnia's Muslim government is still holding...
...will be developed at Harvard. Most of Harvard's black scholars are public intellectuals; instead of hiding in the ivory tower, devising fantastic theories, they are informing some of the most controversial contemporary debates. They bring understanding and reason to some of the most bitter and hysterical contentions which threaten to divide our society...
...Simpson's 200 plus-page immigration package that would sharply curtail the number of foreign skilled and professional workers who can enter the U.S. on employment visas each year. Those in the technology business charge that at best the cutback would erode their competitive edge and at worst could threaten their future growth and prospects...
Other works seem to threaten a powder-keg of tensions, hidden under a ominous veneer. Long Nguyen's "Soul Boat No. 7" -- the title itself a sardonic jab -- seethes with the Hades-like passage of a boat slowly assuming the shape and qualities of its passengers. The nightmarish metamorphosis, replete with shadily defined forms and oil gloops that seem to jump out at selected spots, continues to haunt the viewer with its fearsome evocation of adaptation and voyage gone awry...