U S Forces Take Back Seat in Macedonia Mission
U S troops will play a behind the scenes role in NATO operations to disarm ethnic Albanian rebels in Macedonia. Captain Daniel Dittenber and reconnaissance planes provide risk mitigation while several hundred Americans handle limited logistical duties.
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Skopje
Macedonia
U.S. Army
Daniel Dittenber
Bush Administration
Washington
United States
NATO
Balkans
Alliance
Europe
Brussels
Belgium
Dittenber
Turner, Mich
Kosovo
U.S
Camp Bondsteel
Government sued in South Africa over AIDS drug distribution
AIDS activists and doctors in Johannesburg filed a Pretoria High Court suit demanding the nevirapine drug be widely distributed to HIV infected pregnant women. They say denial violates constitutional rights to health care while the government plans small scale pilots to test effects.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Pretoria
Western diplomats press Afghan aid workers’ release
Western diplomats from the United States, Germany and Australia departed Kabul after failing to secure access to eight Shelter Now International aid workers jailed by the Taliban for allegedly proselytizing Christianity. The Taliban say their broader probe targets more aid groups.
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Islamabad
Pakistan
United States
Germany
Australia
Afghanistan
Taliban
Shelter Now International
Dzerzhinsky statue removed as KGB successors gain power
The Dzerzhinsky statue was hauled from its pedestal amid protests as the KGB’s successors consolidate power in post-Soviet Russia. The FSB has opened a site and museum, but critics warn old secret police influence persists under President Putin. former officers note the services may be more influential now than in the Soviet era.
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Moscow
Secret Police
Felix Dzerzhinsky
KGB
FSB
Dzerzhinsky
Russia
Vladimir Putin
Soviet Union
Konstantin Preobrazhensky
East Germany
Romania
Lubyanka Square
Boris Yeltsin
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Stephen Hannon
American Association of Orthodontists
Gastonia
Belmont
Liz Claibog
Greystone
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