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Once again Africa in general, and the unfortunate nation of Rwanda in particular, has beggared Western experience and imagination. Barring unforeseen circumstances, Rwanda's civil war is nearly over. The mainly Tutsi rebels, whose people were victims of one of the largest genocidal slaughters in the last decade, have won. Two weeks ago, following a military campaign brilliant enough to make the textbooks, the Rwandan Patriotic Front took over the capital of Kigali. Last Thursday the rebels marched to within nine miles of the town of Gisenyi, the latest stronghold of their former tormentors -- members of the majority Hutu tribe...
...Zhirinovsky: If his name were not Zhirinovsky, it could be Ivanov, Petrov or Sokolov. For a huge country like Russia, it's almost impossible not to have someone like Zhirinovsky emerge in a transitional period. I know Russia very well. Unless something totally unforeseen occurs, Zhirinovsky won't be able to control Russian society completely. How can Zhirinovsky dominate the thinking of Russia's intellectuals...
Hunt also said it is hard to believe that suchan incident occurred in the disabled section. Headded that sometimes unforeseen circumstancescause seating arrangements to change...
...chairman Laurence Tisch and QVC head Barry Diller said "the Tiffany network" would almost certainly go ahead in its surprise merger with the home-shopping giant. The result, to be finalized July 13 barring unforeseen snags, will be an altered TV landscape in which a top-rated network has substantial interest in cable. Investors are buying in: even before the official announcement, CBS stock shot up $48, to $311, and QVC's rose...
While there are always unforeseen occurences with renovation work, Buckley says, these jobs seem to be proceeding more or less as planned...