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Date: 31 March 1996
By Alessandra Stanley
Alessandra Stanley
THE Communist leader Gennadi A. Zyuganov has made some far-fetched claims on the stump. Last week, he suggested that Stalin respected the Russian Orthodox Church in his heart. He also said that 20 years ago the C.I.A. launched a plot to destroy the Soviet Union, and that the Russian mass media are conspiring against him. On at least the third claim, Mr. Zyuganov has a point.
Date: 31 March 1996
By Maureen Dowd
Maureen Dowd
We're no angels. We are a noisy, imperfect lot struggling to scribble what has been called the first draft of history. The occupation has always had its hazards. As George Bernard Shaw wrote to a journalist: "Dear Sir, Your profession has, as usual, destroyed your brain."
Date: 31 March 1996
By Tom Kuntz
Tom Kuntz
ALL you worrywarts wringing your hands over whether liberals and conservatives in this country will ever come together can just take a chill pill. They already share common ground in this respect: they are both the targets of advertisers hawking a variety of products and services, some of which are pretty schlocky. Hey, it could be something to build on. Take a look at the leading glossy magazines of the two camps: Mother Jones, the liberal bimonthly that is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and National Review, the conservative biweekly founded by William F. Buckley Jr., which celebrated its 40th last year.
Date: 01 April 1996
By Lawrie Mifflin
Lawrie Mifflin
The first labor negotiation at CBS News since the Westinghouse Electric Company bought CBS Inc. earlier this year reaches a pivotal moment tonight at midnight, when the company's contract with the Writers Guild of America at CBS's three biggest television and radio stations expires. The union's members have voted to authorize a strike. The contract covers about 350 people at WCBS in New York, KCBS in Los Angeles, WBBM in Chicago, as well as the CBS all-news radio stations in each city and the CBS radio network and a 12-member Washington news bureau. The employees are news writers, editors, some producers, graphic artists, desk assistants and promotion writers.
Date: 31 March 1996
By Craig R. Whitney
Craig Whitney
NATO's success so far in enforcing a military settlement of the war in Bosnia has restored the credibility and sense of purpose the alliance has been seeking since the end of the cold war, but the achievement rests on foundations as fragile as the peace here. More than three months into its 12-month mandate in Bosnia, NATO has hardly had to fire a shot to get the parties to observe the provisions of the peace agreement that required them to pull back from the front lines and start reducing their forces.
Date: 31 March 1996
Reuters
A former Chief Justice was sworn in today as head of an interim Government to replace that of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia, the state television reported. The report said Mrs. Khaleda, military chiefs and other key politicians, including the main opposition leader, Sheik Hasina, were present at the swearing-in of the judge, Habibur Rahman, at the presidential palace.
Date: 01 April 1996
Reuters
Israeli shelling in southern Lebanon that killed two Lebanese civilians on Saturday led to rocket attacks by Islamic militants on northern Israel overnight, but Israelis near the border emerged from bomb shelters today following diplomatic efforts to calm the situation. The Israeli shelling on Saturday occurred in the area of southern Lebanon that Israel considers its security zone. Israel later said the shelling of civilians had been a mistake.
Date: 01 April 1996
Reuters
A strike called by separatists after the police killed 24 militants near a Muslim shrine on Saturday closed businesses today in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir state. The four-day strike was called by a faction of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, the organization to which the militants belonged.