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...once Yugoslavia tend to be a passing fad; roughly 30 have come and gone since the civil wars began in June 1991. Nonetheless, leaders of the Serb, Croat and Muslim communities of Bosnia-Herzegovina, conferring in London through intermediaries (they refused to talk face-to-face) arranged one more truce, which was supposed to begin this Sunday evening. Even on the off chance that it holds, will there be enough of Bosnia left to call a country? The answer probably...
...forecasts of a long and bloody ground war in Kuwait. But one parallel to Vietnam looks ominous: limited military actions succeed but the civil war goes on, so the U.S. and friends are drawn step by step into more extensive fighting. Or the allied forces might impose an uneasy truce but then be unable to leave lest the slaughter resume. Says John Steinbruner, director of international studies at the Washington-based Brookings Institution: "This has all the earmarks of Northern Ireland," where British troops have fought for more than 20 years...
...next year, financially strapped owners want to reopen the contract after this season. The clubs are demanding relief from escalating player salaries, but the players seek to maintain the contract that has created scores of millionaire athletes over the past decade. As a result, the uneasy truce worked out after the 1990 owners' lockout is in danger of being discarded. "The golden days of baseball are over," says Gerald Scully, University of Texas economist and author of The Business of Major League Baseball. "The game is entering a new era of fiscal conservatism, and that could spell big trouble...
Despite the latest truce, the gang problem is growing...
...Truce or no truce, no one can deny that gangs are a serious and growing problem. A 235-page report issued in May by the staff of L.A. County district attorney Ira Reiner estimated that the region has about 1,000 gangs with a total membership of 150,000. The study said gang-related homicides in the county increased more than 200% between 1984 and 1991. While drugs and gangs are intertwined, the D.A.'s staff concluded that most gang members are not serious drug dealers. The report's most striking claim was that half of all black males...