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The force of these grim tidings is tempered by the knowledge that U.S. government agencies have been working alongside the country's most prestigious research facilities to conjure up ways of dealing with these hurtling rocks should an asteroid ever establish itself as a threat. "Once they've identified the...
This is a case where the public and scientists search for a state of mind that eschews panic but retains its focus. The chance of a truly devastating asteroid hitting the Earth is "small but real," says TIME science writer Jeffrey Kluger. "But let's face it," he adds, "it...
Each side has a very different idea of the requirements of Israeli security. Israel wants a military presence at listening posts on the Golan Heights and a demilitarized zone all the way to Damascus; Syria wants Israel to make do with electronic surveillance. And concerns over a domestic backlash may...
So far, Israel and Syria can't even agree on what issues to disagree on. Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Syrian Foreign Minister Farouk Al-Sharaa on Monday did accomplish the rather difficult feat of completing the first day of talks hosted by President Clinton in Shepherdstown, West Virginia without...
Franjo Tudjman may be spinning in his grave - but hey, even Churchill got voted out straight after he'd won the war for Britain. Only weeks after the death of the man who led them to independence from Yugoslavia, Croats handed his opposition a landslide electoral victory. With 84 percent...