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GOMA, Zaire: Laurent Kabila has given President Mobutu Sese Seko three days to get out of town. Declaring a "pause" in his march across Zaire, Kabila issued this ultimatum: "In three days, if we will not get good news from Kinshasa of his willingness to depart to the north, then we will be forced to continue the military advance." Kabila, who ordered the pause to give his armies time to regroup, hopes the delay will bring Mobutu under increasing pressure to leave. "This gives people in Kinshasa a chance to put some more pressure on Mobutu and his government," notes...
Thus we are left with an ultimatum: eat like sloths at Tommy's or don't eat at all. The solution is to pay extra respect to the holy union of beer and pizza, and remember to have another round before...
According to the terms of the EPA ultimatum, the problem must be fixed by November 1997, or Milford, which is thirty minutes by car from Cambridge, will be forced to pay heavy fines...
...Yeltsin handed responsibility for resolving Chechnya to his ambitious national security chief, Alexander Lebed, who swiftly launched peace talks. Ignoring that, Russia's acting military commander late last Monday gave citizens in Grozny 48 hours to flee before the Russians initiated "large-scale combat operations." As he issued his ultimatum, Lieut. General Konstantin Pulikovsky voiced his firm opinion that the Chechens could be quelled only by "the use of force...
...VEHEMENTLY DISAGREE WITH THE title and assertions made in the story "Follow--or Move Over" [CONGRESS, Oct. 23] that suggest Speaker Newt Gingrich wields the political power to give Senator Bob Dole this ultimatum. Granted, Gingrich was the driving force in the Contract with America. Yet no one campaigned harder for change in the "revolution" of last fall's elections than Dole. Moreover, Gingrich does not have as much clout among Republicans as your article claims. Many Republicans question his character, his hypocrisy and his motives. Dole is a seasoned veteran, having served for more than 35 years in Congress...