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"THE Kosovar rebel army that never won an important battle said yesterday that it had taken control of southern Kosovo after a 600-year-old struggle to gain self-rule. The city of Prizren would be a "model of the KLA's role in a new Kosovo", the London Telegraph reports this morning. "From today, Prizren is 100 per cent in our hands," said Rexha Ekrem, who is also known as 'Commander Drini", from the porch of a hotel in the city. "We are taking on policing duties and those things related to the internal life of the city." he said. Terse reports from ...

Odd as it may seem, the most trusted architects of U.S. strategic policies stretching from the Cold War and Vietnam to Desert Storm and Kosovo are deemed unfit to be president of the United States. It says so, right in the Constitution. Included on that list are Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and retired Gen. John Shalikashvili, who recently retired as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. All are prohibited from seeking the Oval Office. So, what bizarre passage in the Constitution bans major U.S. policy-makers, among others, from the final setp up ...

World Bank says China scheme funding ``uncertain'' By Paul Eckert BEIJING, June 17 (Reuters) - World Bank funding for a poverty relief scheme that would move Chinese farmers into traditional Tibetan lands could be in doubt because of strong opposition, a senior bank official said on Thursday. The scheme could fall victim to a firestorm of opposition from Tibetan exiles, human rights groups and U.S. officials when the Bank's board votes on the project on June 22, said Yukon Huang, chief of the bank's China mission. ``The Bank's view is that we're uncertain of the outcome because the issues and ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- President Clinton will be interviewed live on CNN's ``Late Edition'' Sunday, the network said. Clinton will talk with senior White House correspondent and ``Late Edition'' host Wolf Blitzer from Cologne, Germany, where he is attending a summit of world leaders. It would be Clinton's first Sunday television show appearance since November 1997, when he was interviewed during the 50th anniversary broadcast of NBC's ``Meet the Press.'' ``Late Edition'' airs at noon EDT.

Conflict in Yugoslavia: Statistics In 1998 the KLA carried out 2,018 armed attacks against residents of Kosovo, during which 199 civilians and 128 police officers were killed. The KLA was also responsible for 292 kidnappings in the province during the same year. Out of 199 civilians killed by the KLA 46 were Serbs, 77 ethnic Albanians and 76 residents of other nationalities. Official FRY census figures for 1998 show that only 66% of Kosovo's population were Albanians. The remaining 34% were comprised of Serbs (10%), Turks, Gypsies, Hungarians, and other ethnic minorities. The KLA, Albanian government and NATO public relations ...

Christian Bikers Battle Over Logo By JAMES HANNAH The Associated Press DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A court battle between bikers may require divine intervention. The Sons of God Motorcycle Club Ministry Inc. is suing the Chosen Sons of God Motorcycle Club Ministries for allegedly trying to take over its corporate identity through use of the name, and a logo showing Christ's head with a crown of thorns and the words ``New Jerusalem.'' ``It symbolizes our identity and who we are,'' Sons of God President Thomas Douthat testified Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Michael Merz. ``We've chosen New Jerusalem as our territory, ...

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I">SLAMABAD, Pakistan--Contradicting weeks of official denials, a Pakistani military leader here acknowledged Wednesday that his nation's soldiers have been playing a major role in operations against Indian troops since fighting broke out along the disputed Kashmiri border last month.      The admission came as military and diplomatic sources reported heavy troop movements along the Indo-Pakistani border, suggesting that the two nations, which tested nuclear devices last year, may be preparing for a larger war.

Entertainment Sector Lobbies House By JONATHAN D. SALANT The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Anxious to defeat new violence labels and possible sales restrictions, entertainment industry lobbyists whipped up a First Amendment argument that found a sympathetic audience among a large number of House Republicans. A 48-hour lobbying blitz by the rich industry ended in success Thursday when the House defeated a legislative provision that would have required labeling of violent content in entertainment products such as video games. Late Wednesday, the House also defeated a provision that would have curtailed youth access to explicit sexual or violent material in ...

AP Reporting Philip Duran arrrested on allegations of providing a handgun to a minor and possessing an illegal weapon - he turned himself in.

e hate your guts." This was my hello from Mikhail Yuriev, deputy chairman of the Russian parliament, who in the next breath assured me that it was nothing personal. And without taking a breath added, "We like to see you dead." This warm response was in answer to a simple question: "How do Russians feel about America in light of the war over Kosovo?" When I smiled, Yuriev insisted that he and his country were dead serious. "The day you started bombing, the polls showed that 63% here would go to war for Serbia. They'd do it today. We hate ...

Quayle calls himself best 'alternative'  On heels of Bush's visit, candidate restakes claim Thursday, June 17, 1999 By GWEN FILOSA Monitor staff   Concord A day after Texas Gov. George W. Bush soared from New Hampshire, former vice president Dan Quayle stopped by to cast himself as the alternative to the famous son.   "I will be the conservative alternative to who the establishment wants," Quayle told reporters in Concord. "If we want to win back the White House, I should be nominated." And without ever uttering Bush's name, Quayle said: "Clearly the establishment would like to anoint him. This ...

Priest, mourners consign Baby Bede to God in protest against 'culture of death' Born in anonymity and consigned to a river that washed him onto the rocks of Neville Island, Baby Bede was buried yesterday, a child without a past, adopted in death and named for the patron saint of history. A 7-pound scrap, the baby boy turned up at river's edge April 11, his umbilical cord still attached. The Allegheny County coroner's office tried for two months to figure out how he died, where he came from, how long he'd been in the water, his race and his ...

Indonesian Power & Corruption In 1994, U.S. Commerce officials knew there was a crime in progress. The crime involved millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars being used to payoff corrupt foreign politicians. The Commerce Dept. did not stop the crime. In fact, the Commerce Dept. did its best to help the criminals succeed. On November 16, 1994, Bill Clinton and the late Ron Brown traveled to Jakarta, Indonesia, for the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC). In Jakarta, Clinton signed deals to supply Indonesia with electric power using U.S. taxpayer loans. The deals were worth billions to U.S. corporations such as Cal ...

Let's see, the Bush's and Clinton were "supposidly" all involved in Mena and the whole "illegal" drug running-money laundering scandel. Right? So if Clinton knows the kind of scandel the Bush's were involved in, and Bush Sr. or W. know that, why would George W. run for president knowing that Clinton has the goods on him? Well, the Bush's could use what they know on Clinton? But Clinton has the entire gov't at his disposal to defend himself and has shown he does it very well. Given his proclivity for attacking his enemies, would W. take a chance that Clinton ...

The slogan at FOX News has always been "We report, you decide". Tonight FOX seems to have taken a vacation from their slogan and, in reporting on NATO-alleged Serbian "torture chambers", is allowing their reporters to inject their own personal feelings into the report. Fortunately technology has provided us not only with Free Republic, but the on/off switch as well!

The slogan at FOX News has always been "We report, you decide". Tonight FOX seems to have taken a vacation from their slogan and, in reporting on NATO-alleged Serbian "torture chambers", is allowing their reporters to inject their own personal feelings into the report. Fortunately technology has provided us not only with Free Republic, but the on/off switch as well!

James Rogan is a great, and brave Conservative and was a House Manager in the Impeachment of the great satan. He won his last election by the razor thin margin (LA) of 50.8%. And now the liberal freaks including hollywood are really coming after him for 2000. Of course clintigula and gorski are going after all the House Managers, but Rogan is obviously the most vulnerble. Send your cards and letters with checks to: Rogan Campaign Committee PO Box 36 Montrose, CA 91021. Jim Rogan needs our support.

PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (CNN) -- KFOR peacekeepers in Kosovo found themselves trying to deter reprisals against Serbs Thursday, as ethnic Albanian rebels were accused of desecrating a Serbian Orthodox monastery and assaulting a nun. Despite the incidents reported by French troops, the peacekeepers sought to reassure nervous Serbs they could protect them. The monastery is in Srbica, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Pristina. KFOR spokesmen said Thursday the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops from the Serbian province was proceeding ahead of schedule. But the shrine's desecration could hurt KFOR's attempt to prevent a second flood of refugees from Kosovo -- ...

Expert: China, Russia Fear Expansion of US and NATO Canberra, June 17 (CNA) Leaders in mainland China and Russia fear the expansionist policy of the US and its NATO allies following their bombings in Yugoslavia because they could use similar military force under the pretext of human rights abuses in Tibet, Sinkiang or Chechnay, a leading Australian political expert said on Thursday. In an article published in the Australian Financial Review, Professor Paul Dibb, head of the Strategic and Defense Studies Center at the Australian National University in Canberra, said the U.S. and its NATO allies "are in confrontation with ...