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...media there are only negative images of Africa, of war-torn Africa," Chaponda said. "There are conflicts, but there are also very peaceful countries. That's not often reflected...
Triple Gold Medal-winning speed skater Johann Olav Koss is leading efforts to arrange a global cease-fire during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Koss hopes that such an "Olympic Truce" will allow UNICEF relief workers to provide medical care to children in war-torn regions, especially Bosnia and Herzegovina. "I believe sport can give hope to children in those areas," the Norwegian Olympic champion told TIME Daily. He hopes a ceasefire during the Atlanta games will be more successful than a similar effort during the 1994 Winter Olympics in Koss' homeland, which produced only a brief truce in the Bosnian...
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Such sneering is a bit unfair. General Rose and his 24,000-member force are in Bosnia on a narrowly defined mission: to protect aid shipments to civilians across the war-torn country, not to make or enforce peace. Their mission is based on the illogical premise that it is possible to deliver relief supplies through a war zone without clashing with the army that rules the battlefield. It is as if 50 years ago relief workers had tried to truck supplies to Paris through Wehrmacht lines...
Moved by concern for the human rights violations in Haiti, Lecturer on Law Deborah E. Anker co-authored a letter sent to President Clinton last week demanding a change in U.S. policy toward the war-torn nation...