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Teer was the victim of a "punishment beating," a form of thuggery long practiced by both the Catholic Irish Republican Army and the Protestant Loyalist paramilitaries. The beatings are used to enforce discipline within their ranks and to combat what they self-righteously call antisocial behavior in their respective communities. Before last August's cease-fire that ended the bombings and shootings in Northern Ireland, the I.R.A. and the Loyalist hard men meted out their punishments by shooting their victims through the knees or ankles. Those grisly crimes blended into the general backdrop of violence, causing only muted outrage...
...been holding hostage. U.S. envoy Robert Frasure met with Milosevic to discuss possibly suspending economic sanctions against Serbia in return for the release of the other hostages and Serbian recognition of Bosnia's borders. NATO and European Union defense ministers, meanwhile, met in Paris and agreed to create a combat force, numbering 4,000 to 5,000, to respond to Serb challenges to peacekeepers...
While the class did not lose a single life in direct military combat, alumni took strong sides in analyzing the defining event of their adolescence. The takeover of University Hall in April 1969--in the spring of their junior year--also drew both praise and criticism from those who participated and those who abstained...
CUSP, which is a coalition consisting of cityofficials and Cambridge residents, will work onenforcement of the new law and on educationalefforts to combat smoking, Gottlieb said...
...Bosnian Serbs disguised as French peacekeepers, complete with blue helmets and flak jackets, infiltrated a U.N. observation post on the Vrbanja bridge and spearheaded the Serbs' capture of the post -- and 12 French U.N. prisoners. Four hours later, a platoon of French troops responded in the first-ever combat engagement for territory between Serbian and U.N. soldiers, recapturing one end of the bridge. In the process, two French soldiers and four Bosnian Serbs were killed...