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...Hungary and the Czech Republic or to add Slovenia and Romania as well. While the U.S. has not publicly said which countries it is backing for membership, officials say privately that they prefer to start with just Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The reason, reports TIME's Douglas Waller, is that the U.S. wants to admit a small number in the first round so that there will still be a pool of acceptable candidates in the future. The fear is that future expansion won't be considered if all the countries that can meet NATO's membership requirements right...
...Douglas Waller. With reporting by Jaime A. FlorCruz/Beijing and Frank Gibney/Tokyo
...maiden voyage carried just 40 refugees from Kisangani to their destination in the Rwandan capital of Kigali, Richardson's first priority will be to coax some cooperation out of Kabila -- and perhaps an extension. "This will be an important test of his diplomatic skills," says TIME's Douglas Waller, "because it's a much more complicated situation than the hostage negotiations Richardson has pulled off in the past. Kabila has proved himself quite obstreperous." More difficult, Waller notes, will be bringing Kabila and president Mobutu, with whom he will meet Tuesday, to a negotiated peace. "Kabila has nothing to gain...
...destruction of existing stockpiles over the next decade. Many Republicans fear signing such a pact would leave America weak as countries around the world secretly build chemical weapons. But failure to pass the treaty would be seen as a serious setback for U.S. foreign policy, notes TIME's Doug Waller. "The U.S. would join pariah states like Iraq, Iran and North Korea that have refused to ratify." Signed by 164 nations thus far, and ratified by 75, the pact will take effect April 29 regardless of whether it is ratified...
...journalists and government officials, hired a university professor to guide it through classics like The Iliad that members may have, well, skimmed as undergraduates. Virginia Valentine, a liaison for Denver's Tattered Cover stores, finds that the book clubs' mainstays are women and that they are reading everything from Waller to Wharton. "A lot of young women feel frustrated that there isn't the intellectual outlet they had in college. I see young women when they're about...