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...Chechen attackers, showing every sign of determination, had made only one demand. Russia must stop the war and withdraw its troops from the mostly Muslim Caucasus republic. No, said Putin. "We will not yield to these provocations." But once complacent Muscovites were beginning to ask whether this war, like the one in Afghanistan, was worth the bloodshed. "This is the logical extension of what they have always been doing, sending our children to die senselessly," said playwright Mark Rozovsky, 65, as he waited for news of his teenage daughter Sasha, a captive inside the theater. "I don't want...
...theater and everyone in it as soon as they were inside, and then celebrated the fact that they killed 800 Russians. These Chechens actually had a series of demands - they were totally unrealistic, of course, and there was no way Putin was ever going to agree to withdraw his forces from Chechnya. Nor did they have any exit strategy. But they were still using terrorism as a means, however misguided and brutal, of exerting political pressure...
...captive in a large theater complex Friday, cowering for a third day under the guns of 30 or 40 Chechens - half of them reportedly women in headscarves; all of them reportedly wearing the explosive belts of the suicide bomber - who have threatening to blow the building unless Russian forces withdraw from Chechnya. The Chechens have reportedly set a deadline of 6am, Moscow time (10pm, EST) for their demands to be met, after which they'll begin executing their captives. They have described themselves as "smertniki" - those condemned to death, or kamikaze - and have killed at least one hostage...
Hanson, who has drawn the ire of Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan Dershowitz for declining to debate him in Winthrop House, said last night he believed that Harvard should pressure Israel to withdraw from occupied territories through withholding investments...
...M.P.s, including six ministers, went into opposition and tabled a no-confidence motion. Moi was expected to avoid a humiliating exit by calling an early election. SOUTH ASIA Climbing Down The months-long face-off between India and Pakistan looked to be easing after both countries announced they would withdraw some of the estimated 1 million troops amassed at their common border. A Pakistan Foreign Ministry statement described India's partial withdrawal as "a step in the right direction." But Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes said "there will be no lowering of vigil" in Kashmir. Fernandes also ruled...