Word: although
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...South African mercenary firm, Executive Outcomes, which was composed primarily of apartheid-era special forces officers who'd had plenty of experience in southern Africa's brutal wars of the '80s, to deal with the rebels. The mercenaries' price included a substantial share of the country's diamond mines. Although their 21-month sojourn in Sierra Leone cost the country $35 million, they got the job done. The rebels were smashed and confined to small pockets of the country, the diamond fields secured and Foday Sankoh forced to the negotiating table to discuss allowing free elections. (By contrast, the projected...
...Although many observers believed he belonged in an international war crimes tribunal, Sankoh found himself suddenly elevated into government, even receiving a personal visit in Freetown from Secretary of State Madeleine Albright last October to encourage him to keep the peace. But the international community failed to read the glaring signs that the RUF had no intention of laying down the weapons that were the source of their political and economic power. "General Mosquito" Bokarie, the rebels' chief field commander, chastised Sankoh for making peace, ordered his men to hold onto their weapons, and warned the U.N. troops...
...occasional anger. Her lyrics are not wondering, but answering, with little sign of backing down from her claims. On "Road Wrath," Hatfield orders "Give me a reason to gun it." Apparently Juliana's Pony is reason enough, as she slows down just long enough to tear ahead again. Although Beautiful Creature is the most precious half of this double album, Total System Failure will not disappoint, and may even be preferred by some fans of Hatfield's early work on Hey Babe and Become What You Are. A (for both albums) -Christopher R. Blazejewski
...Although Calixto has not set a precise timetable for when HSA must start paying royalties, he did not think that HSA would refuse...
...appear to be very subdued." Elian's father, Juan Miguel Gonzalez, stayed away from the proceedings entirely, and the six-year-old at the center of the whole affair spent the day with his Cuban playmates at a farm for exotic animals near the estate where they're sequestered. Although the justices vowed to quickly review the appeal, a ruling could still be weeks away. The losing side would then have 45 days to ask the full 12-judge panel of the 11th Circuit to hear the case, and if it refused they'd get a further 90 days...