Word: minefields
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...Pope John Paul II proceeds on his Middle East tour retracing the steps of major figures from the Bible, he will find a region where any tribute paid to Peter inevitably has Paul crying robbery. And that has the pontiff walking into the proverbial political minefield - a fact underlined by Israel's deployment of some 22,000 security personnel to ensure his safety. John Paul II arrived in Jordan Monday, and flies to Israel Tuesday to continue his pilgrimage...
...rebel withdrawal that began Monday, however, appears to have been anything but the carefully planned and executed tactical retreat the guerrillas may have envisaged: Chechen sources admitted Tuesday that dozens of fighters and commanders were killed or wounded when a large contingent of rebels found themselves trapped on a minefield and were then cut to pieces by Russian artillery. A number of top Chechen leaders were reportedly killed in the fierce fighting to break through the Russian lines, and the rebels' top commander, Shamil Basayev, was reported to have been badly wounded when his car detonated a mine. Both sides...
Within a year expect major initiatives in broadband, where AOL visionaries see their eventual future, and in recorded music, an area that has been less gold mine than minefield for Time Warner in the past few years. "We can change the way people interact with music, change the distribution medium," says Jonathan Sacks, the senior vice president who supervises the main AOL service. Contemplate a music company that no longer has to bother manufacturing or shipping CDs, or sharing revenue with retailers--one that distributes its music directly from its hard drive to yours...