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...rising tension is forcing American commanders to tighten the rules on confiscating Somali weapons. Until now, the troops have seized arms displayed openly and with hostile intent. Now the U.S. military is promising to take a more aggressive role in ridding Somalia of the heavier weapons and the "technicals" -- gun-equipped pickup trucks -- that have terrified the populace for the past two years. "Heavy weapons will be removed voluntarily or, if necessary, by force," a senior U.S. official told Reuters. "From now on, we're going to be doing more enforcement." That will still leave untold numbers of small arms...
...UNPRECEDENTED COMMITMENTS IN BOSNIA, Somalia and Cambodia weren't enough, the United Nations has now authorized the creation of a 7,500-strong peacekeeping force for Mozambique. The intent is to stabilize the African country by supervising an agreement to end 14 years of civil war, disarming rival factions and organizing an election. One small problem: although $330 million has been earmarked for the operation, the cash is not yet in the coffers and, given the woeful state of the U.N.'s balance sheets, no one quite knows where the money will come from. The new force will bring...
...Cambodia is in the midst of the strangest phase of all -- and the only one that could be said to have benign intent. Over the past few months, under the banner of the U.N., the devastated country has been inundated by 20,000 men and women from all over the world, equipped with white cars, white trucks, white planes and white helicopters. They are charged with giving Cambodia something it has never had -- democracy -- along with something it has not known for 22 years -- peace...
...intent, of course, is not to define Wright's beliefs but to help readers understand the evolving relationship between the spiritual and empirical worlds. To help that process, associate editor Richard N. Ostling has written a piece accompanying the main story that tells of working scientists of various faiths who are perfectly willing to affirm their belief in God the Creator...
...Congress, every President since John F. Kennedy and every citizen except himself (although the kind of leveraged buyouts with which he made his fortune helped push up the private debt that also plagues the U.S. these days). Indeed, Figgie blames Americans for all their economic troubles. He is so intent on finding domestic culprits, for instance, that he ignores the role of oil embargoes in the high inflation rates of the 1970s...