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...Russian officials includingPresident Boris Yeltsinannounced plans to form acentrist political movementto combat what they see as political extremism that has hobbled Western-style reforms. "Russia has had enough revolutions," Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin said today in Moscow. "Russia is our home and we must make every effort to ensure stability and restore order in it." The move underscores Yeltsin's shift away from the liberal forces that brought him to power, and at the same time snubs both pro- and anti-Western extremists who have dominated the Russian parliament for two years...
Jackson urged the audience to combat the "cycleof destruction" created by discrimination...
...came together with the best will in the world, but as soon as we began to talk, it grew obvious that our experiences had opened distances between us that no amount of goodwill could bridge. One of the veterans, a former captain, had been in almost continuous combat; the men under his command were shot up and killed so regularly that he couldn't keep track of them. One day he told us about sending out the body of an 18-year-old only a few hours after the boy had joined the unit. "What was I supposed to tell...
Today we are witnessing a steady decline of respect for the individual's freedom. This decline is matched by a rapidly deteriorating economy. Different political groups are suggesting different courses of action, each trying to combat the situation in their own unique way. Yet the situation continues to worsen. Perhaps the necessary step is to return to the values that founded this enlightened country...
...Office recommends that the medals be revoked because the soldier's commanding officers lied about where the battle took place so that it looked as though Iraqi troops were involved in the engagement. The three soldiers will keep their Bronze Stars, which were given to nearly everyone who saw combat in the war, but will be stripped of the medal's "V" designation that indicates valour under enemy fire. TIME Pentagon correspondentMark Thompsonsays that this is a black and white case. "If there's no enemy fire, then there should be no award...