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Last July the Sri Lankan government and the island's militant minority, known as the Tamils, agreed to call a truce to their bloody three-year-old civil war. But the agreement quickly broke down, and hundreds have died in renewed fighting over the past ten weeks. Last week an umbrella group representing the four Tamil guerrilla factions agreed to a new cease-fire that could lead to fresh talks on Tamil demands for self-rule...
...favorite amusements." Heirs to the Palladian vision are more subdued. The modern couple who decide to build a house had better check their marital foundations first. For his part, the architect must patiently extract straight lines from his clients' tangled desires. He must also establish a working truce with his natural enemy, the builder. Then there is the money, probably the largest amount most people will ever spend in any one place. If it is any comfort, Jefferson was always over budget...
...accord followed discussions in New Delhi early this month between Jayawardene and Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, during which the two leaders agreed to "defuse" the situation in Sri Lanka. Because the five insurgent organizations subscribing to the truce have their headquarters and operational commands in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, Gandhi is in a position to put pressure on them. Jayawardene, for his part, has ordered a review of the constitution, with an eye toward granting Sri Lanka's Tamils greater autonomy...
...Polish government granted amnesty to more than 600 political prisoners last year. Since then, however, according to dissidents, it has arrested about 100 activists. Last week's trial was another sign that the truce is over. The court prohibited the defendants from meeting privately with their lawyers and barred Western journalists and international observers from the proceedings. The trial, declared Walesa in a letter to the Polish parliament, represents "an escalation of lawlessness." After eleven days of court sessions, the three dissidents were found guilty and given prison terms ranging from 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 years. The U.S. reacted...
...paparazzo's flash ruptures privacy. A photographer's strobe can be softer: illusion backlit in short bursts. It is not glamour flashing in Stephanie's haunted blue-green eyes, though. Whatever she wears, however she holds herself, she seems to stare straight past the lens, resisting any easy truce...