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Military victory can be as problematic as military defeat. For whenever nations resort to brute force, unexpected prices must be paid. While the Clinton administration may be savouring Nato's triumph over the loathsome Slobodan Milosevic, other parts of the world are taking note, not of a human-rights monster getting his come-uppance, but of superior technology getting its way anew. They note that once again America, backed by cruise missiles and a behind-the-scenes nuclear arsenal like none on earth, got what it wanted in Kosovo without losing a single pilot's life. China, especially, watched in awe and trepidation as once ...

June 16, 1999 THE CRAB WAR What's behind the Korean imbroglio? Food – or, rather, the lack of it. North Korea, the world's last stronghold of pure unadulterated Stalinism, is suffering from a terrible famine, one which threatens the stability of the ruling elite. So North Korea gunboats are guarding fishermen as they trawl the Yellow Sea in search of crab. These incursions are nothing new; what is new, however, is the fact that the North Koreans are not backing down, as they have in the past, when confronted by South Korean patrols. This is a measure of the severity ...

FROM BRASSCHECK -- At a press conference Sali Mustafer, KLA commander for Pristina, stated that the ultimate aim of the KLA was to unite all the Albanian people in one homeland, including areas of Macedonia. -- The LA Times reported that KLA forces took control of one of Kosovo's most important assets, the Belacevic coal mine .... Kosovo contains the largest coal reserves in the entire Balkans .... The Kosovo coal reserves, so important to the economy of the Yugoslavia, have in essence, been appropriated .... Unlike the typical sloppy hit and run terror tactics the KLA is known ...

Carter Criticizes Foreign Policy The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Carter says the United States' approach to solving conflicts in other nations run by dictators too often hurts the people who live under their leadership. In an address to a group of international fellows Thursday, Carter lamented what he called dwindling U.S. support for foreign aid to assist people in developing nations. Instead, the United States has ended up punishing those people, he said. ``It has become unpopular in our country to talk about even humanitarian aid, and we concentrate maybe too much on resolving conflicts by imposing ...

House passes youth crime bill, next is gun debate WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Thursday passed a tough new bill cracking down on juvenile crime, clearing the way for lawmakers to start work on the companion gun control bill. The youth crime bill includes $1.5 billion in grants for communities to develop programs to combat juvenile delinquency. It also sets mandatory minimum prison terms for young people who use a gun in a crime, steps up enforcement of gun crimes and gives prosecutors discretion to try defendants as adults starting at age 13. Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited. All rights ...

Freedom Haters inside Handgun Control Inc. are using incrementalism to disarm the American public. Democratic party friends are helping to sponsor legislation that has been produced by members of H.C.I. As each law is passed, a new catagory of gun or rifle falls under the spotlight. Soon, the media is asking why anyone needs a weapon like this to hunt with. The propaganda war has taken off once again, but now it is not against just handguns, but all guns and rifles, and even the ammo they use. The push for globalism follows the same pattern. Each administration has had ...

2355 GMT, 990617 - Reuters quoted anonymous officials as saying that the U.S. secretly contacted Serb opposition leaders in an effort to overthrow Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic. According to the Reuters article, Special U.S. Balkans envoy Robert Gelbard traveled to Montenegro to discuss with opposition leaders ways to "bring democracy" to Yugoslavia. U.S. officials contend the meetings were not held to discuss ways of ousting Milosevic, rather they were meant to consider ways of challenging Milosevic. "We did not have meetings that focused on overthrowing the existing government, nor did we offer any money to anyone to do so,'' said ...

INDIA PUTS NAVY ON ALERT By Hema Shukla, Associated Press Writer The Associated Press Thursday, June 17, 1999 at 6:02 p.m. EDT DRAS, India (AP) -- While Indian artillery pounded rebel positions in disputed Kashmir, its navy went on alert in the Arabian Sea Thursday to counter what it said were ``tactical deployments'' by rival Pakistan's fleet. The maneuvering at sea and continued fighting raised concerns the conflict over the remote and sparsely populated Himalayan territory could expand to other fronts. Near Dras, thick clouds of black smoke from Indian artillery spiraled from the peaks held by the rebels, ...

Game 5, back in Dallas, end of the 1st Period, all tied up at 'nothing to nothing.' GREAT GAME!!

From the Archives of Sharin Nowlige. For Years; There has been Controversy between Church and State, and it is helping to Destroy the Nation, by Division. The "Universal Experts" Without Viable Documentation, claim, the Constitution Prevents any Religious Intrusion into State Affairs. This Claim is an Assumption, which You can Prove to Yourself, by READING and COMPARING the following. In the Unread Constitution there are ONLY Two mentions of Religion. The FIRST, is found in Last Clause of ARTICLE VI. Which Mandates; NO RELIGIOUS TEST shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the ...

`Revelations' are part of government's push toward national day care system. OK, morons, listen up. The federal government has some important parenting information for you: What happens to babies matters. This riveting revelation was revealed by U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley at a recent press conference. Although I didn't hear Riley speak, I felt certain upon reading his dumbed-down remarks that he must have changed out of his suit coat into a cardigan sweater and sneakers. We like you, too, Mr. Secretary -- just the way you are. But we liked you better when you spoke to us ...

How long will it be before King Billy gets out on the White House lawn to make an executive order about this?

The media (agencies of mass communication) is suppose to be a non-biased neutral entity. The Liberal Media more often then not, either purposefully or accidently, relays information which is filtered through their opinions, biases, and misperceptions to their audience and average voters. Some believe that this alarming trend has effected the outcome of public votes..and many if not all conservatives are tired of it. By using techniques designed to alarm the average viewers, subscribers, audience and voters, the media creates hysteria in the voting booth either by distorting facts or sharing misinformation. A prime example is the attack by ...

One or two pinpricks aren't generally lethal. But a thousand of them can kill. And so it is with U.S. trade policy. It may appear that a tariff here and a quota there don't mean much. But add them up and you've got protectionism. The most recent pinprick comes from the U.S. International Trade Commission. Last Friday, it approved punitive tariffs on steel from Japan. The tariffs could reach 67% of the cost of the steel; they'll be in place for five years if the Clinton administration acts on the commission's recommendation. As usual, special interests were preferred over ...

All right, Harpu. Game Five is under way. Looks pretty even so far, but BRETT HULL and BENOIT HOGUE are back tonight.

LONDON - The man accused of orchestrating the U.S. Embassy bombings in Africa operates a terrorist network out of Albania that has infiltrated other parts of Europe, The Sunday Times reported. The newspaper quoted Fatos Klosi, the head of the Albanian intelligence service, as saying a network run by Saudi exile Osama Bin Laden sent units to fight in the Serbian province of Kosovo. Bin Laden is believed to have established an Albanian operation in 1994 after telling the government he headed a wealthy Saudi humanitarian agency wanting to help Albania, the newspaper reported. Klosi said he believed terrorists had ...

The most famous intern has been spotted at a local coffee house in Palo Alto, about 35 miles south of San Francisco. Weighing in at about 250 lbs, she was sitting outside a Pete's Coffee in the upscale part of that town, listening to a walkman radio. When asked what she was doing in Palo Alto, she replied that she was born in the Bay Area and wanted to get back to her roots. She appearantly was back in California to negotiate a singing contract for a CD scheduled for release later this year.

The Relation between Funding by the National Institutes of Health and the Burden of Disease Cary P. Gross, Gerard F. Anderson, Neil R. Powe Abstract Background. The Institute of Medicine has proposed that the amount of disease-specific research funding provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) be systematically and consistently compared with the burden of disease for society. Methods. We performed a cross-sectional study comparing estimates of disease-specific funding in 1996 with data on six measures of the burden of disease. The measures were total mortality, years of life lost, and number of hospital days in 1994 and ...

Korea tensions ease, boats leave border area By Yoo Choon-sik SEOUL, June 16 (Reuters) - North Korean fishing boats briefly moved up to the Yellow Sea boundary with the South on Wednesday but Northern navy ships were keeping their distance a day after the two sides clashed, officials in Seoul said. Ten North Korean fishing boats were reported on the boundary on Wednesday morning but later pulled back into Northern waters, an official at South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. ``North Korean fishing boats have retreated and are staying three to four km north of the NLL and ...

Is There A Problem With Drudge?? Ive been away a while and havent been able to access Drudge or Free Republic. What happened to the link on Matt Drudge's page to Free Republic?? Sorry if this is old news.. Just really curious....