Volume VI, No. 97-01                                                10-Feb-97

ã Copyright 1997 by Bob Djurdjevic. All rights reserved. Reproduction strictly prohibited.

News & Independent Analysis of Foreign Policy Issues

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In this issue...

Article Category/Location/Source Page

LEAD EDITORIAL
A "Kinder, Gentler" Man An opinion column/TIM, WT 1
GLOBAL NEWS & ANALYSIS
"Da Bull" Phoenix, Madeleine Albright/TIM 4
Aristide Gets UNESCO's Human Rights Award Phoenix, Insider Report 7
Mandela to Sell Arms to Syria Washington, Human Events 8
NORTH AMERICA
Dumbing Down of America Phoenix, TIM 8
Ron Brown's Son Faces Questions re. Papers Washington, IBD 11
The BALKANS
Drowning Out Milosevic's TV Belgrade, TIM, Times, Independent 11
Texas Senator Backs Serb Demonstrators Washington, TIM 12
Koljevic Dies of Self-inflicted Wounds Belgrade, TIM, CNN, WP, Reuter 13
Israeli Envoy Rules Out Ties with Zagreb London, Jewish Chronicles 14
Bulgarian President Presses for Entry to NATO, EU Brussels, TIM 15
RUSSIA
Lebed Warns of Looming Crisis Moscow, ZDF 15
Russia and Chechnya: A Fatal Oil Attraction Moscow, TIM 15
MIDDLE EAST
U.S. Coddling Up to Iran? New York, WSJ 16
Iran and Syria Behind Saudi Bombing? London, Telegraph 16
CHINA
Muslims Riot Against Chinese Beijing, AP, Reuter 17
TIM’s MAIL BOX
Clinton Lets a Marine Down Djurdjevic/TIM, WSJ 18
What Democratic Tradition? Dragnich/WP 18

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