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...Russian President Boris Yeltsin, the State Duma, or lower house of parliament, granted amnesty to the hard-liners who occupied the parliament building in Moscow in October as well as to the leaders of the failed 1991 coup against then President Mikhail Gorbachev. Yeltsin had no | power to veto the resolution, which quickly freed from prison some of his arch-enemies, including former parliament speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov and former Vice President Alexander Rutskoi. Yeltsin's first speech to the new parliament, with a call for "more justice, more safety, more confidence," was unenthusiastically received by many lawmakers...
...threat that settlers pose to Palestinian civilians. He demanded that U.N. peacekeepers be sent to the territories. He requested a Saturday-night meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss the idea, but predictably it broke up without taking any action. Since the U.S. would be sure to veto such a move, the P.L.O. chief was mainly trying to put additional pressure on Jerusalem before the new negotiations begin...
...strikes against the Serbs could severely strain relations between the NATO powers and Russia, many of whose citizens empathize with the Serbs as fellow Slavs and Orthodox Christians. If the ultimatum had to be voted on in the U.N. Security Council, Boris Yeltsin's government would almost certainly veto it, if only to respond to public anger fanned by nationalists like Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who was in full cry last week. NATO finessed that by insisting that its ultimatum is justified under previous Security Council resolutions. U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros- Ghali, who has resisted previous attempts to take military action...
...condition that military action be severely limited. Clinton persuaded Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien to go along despite worries about the safety of 2,000 Canadian peacekeepers. Even Greece, the most pro-Serb of the NATO nations, decided not to vote for the ultimatum, but cast no veto either...
Though Clinton waved his fountain pen two weeks ago and dramatically vowed to veto any bill that omitted universal coverage, there is a quiet debate inside the White House about what "universal" really means. Already it is clear that the reforms will not be fully phased in for years and that Clinton proposes not to cover illegal immigrants. Such purists as Magaziner and the First Lady oppose any further concessions, but Administration pragmatists -- including the President -- reportedly believe Clinton will have to stagger coverage further to win congressional support. As a first public step toward redefining the terms of debate...