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Inside OMON headquarters, Makutinovich's men go on preparing for a showdown. Some train in hand-to-hand combat and martial arts while others nap in cots, their black berets hanging from posts at their feet. They call each other by nicknames drawn from American action and horror movies: Rambo, Ninja, Krueger. Lieut. Vitali Belkin, commander of one of the five squads that make up the 150-strong unit, says the struggle with the Lithuanian government has already passed the point of compromise. "I don't doubt there will be bloodshed," he says. "Civil war is inevitable...
...State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke, who initiated the peace plan, canceled a July 16 meeting with the Irish Foreign Minister that is part of a 1985 accord giving Dublin a role in running Northern Ireland. The unionists oppose the Republic of Ireland's participation, and to avoid a showdown, Brooke called off the peace talks. As the province entered the volatile summer season of Protestant parades, there seemed little hope of salvaging Brooke's plan...
Neither those locked in conflict within the country's borders nor those watching from a distance could explain exactly what guided events last week as the showdown between the Yugoslav People's Army and the secessionist republics of Slovenia and Croatia first pushed toward all-out civil war, then pulled back in a shaky cease-fire. What baffled most was not so much the sporadic bloodshed -- all but foreordained by centuries of ethnic antagonisms -- but the political and military muddle. No one seemed to be in charge, and the country appeared to be sliding into chaos. The federation's civilian...
...matter what the state legislature does, Dinkins is headed for a showdown with his own city council. The council favors a different budgetary approach, based on $639 million in new taxes instead of the mayor's $1 billion. In addition, council members want to pare down the city's overgrown bureaucracy, targeting 14 agencies and offices for elimination or transfer of functions. In dealing with unions, the council would tie wage settlements to productivity, an innovative idea in a city where unions still have clout. Says council speaker Peter Vallone: "The days of tax and spending are over, not just...
Though a similar bill was defeated on the House floor in 1988, the House Judiciary Committee last week voted 23 to 11 to approve it. The showdown comes on the House floor next week. Two prominent N.R.A. life members have greatly enhanced the bill's chances: Ronald Reagan endorsed it last month, and President Bush has said he would not veto the plan if it became part of his omnibus anticrime package...