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...military standoff could provide the opening diplomats are looking for. With war-weariness and lower morale setting in, even the Serbs may be interested now. The Contact Group still hopes it can persuade Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to provide the extra push that will get his Bosnian Serb kin to the bargaining table. If the new offensive that exploded last week shows both sides they are on a path to greater violence in a war neither can win, the moribund negotiations could take on new life...
...most of Game 1 on Wednesday, Shaq fought Hakeem to a standoff, but with just 0.3 sec. left in the first overtime, Olajuwon tipped in a shot to give himself 31 points and the Rockets a 120-118 win. In Friday's Game 2, the 32-year-old center outplayed his larger, younger counterpart for most of the game, which the Rockets took, 117-106. Olajuwon had 22 points in the first half alone, as Houston built an insurmountable lead, and he finished the night with 34 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks...
...Walt Disney Co. In retelling and retooling the 17th century encounter between the Powhatan princess and English Captain John Smith, the film takes the American Indians' self-image at face value. These are men of probity, women of dignity, curators of the land, weavers of white magic. Their standoff with the white man is one of eco-heroes vs. strip miners, defenders of an idyllic homeland against greedy invaders...
...sooner had the leaders of thebig seven economic powers arrived in Halifax, Nova Scotia today, than President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama were trading tough talk about their trade standoff. Clinton refused to budge: "Billions of dollars in American exports and thousands of jobs are at stake," Clinton said of the automobile dispute, insisting that he would imposeunprecedented trade sanctions against Japanif the standoff continues past June 28. Murayama replied that the two allies should not conduct business "with both of our fists raised...
Secessionist Serbs in Bosnia raised the stakes in their tense standoff with U.N. and NATO forces, downing a U.S. F-16 on routine patrol; Bosnian Serb forces said the jet's lone pilot survived and was in their custody, an assertion the U.S. was unable to confirm. At the same time, the Bosnian Serbs -- under pressure from their erstwhile patron, Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic -- released 121 of the more than 370 U.N. peacekeepers they had been holding hostage. U.S. envoy Robert Frasure met with Milosevic to discuss possibly suspending economic sanctions against Serbia in return for the release...