HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: jgg@fc.sde.hp.com (Jay Geertsen)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: INN 1.2 question
Date: 18 Dec 1992 15:37:50 GMT
Organization: HP SESD, Fort Collins, CO
Distribution: inet
Reply-To: jgg@fc.sde.hp.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpfcjgg.sde.hp.com
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

> The ctlinnd "rmgroup" command does not remove any articles, either.

If I do "ctlinnd rmgroup <group>", will the INN "expire" program remove
the articles in the now-invalid group?

Specifically, I removed the group "alt.tv.90210" from my server about a
week ago, and every day since then, the "expire.log" has contained the
following error message once for each remaining article in
"/usr/spool/news/alt/tv/90210":

        Group not matched (removed?) alt.tv.90210

Will these articles eventually disappear when they reach their target
expiration date, as configured in "expire.ctl"?

- Jay Geertsen
From: vj@gserv1.dl.ac.uk (Dave Hines)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: Another INN / nntplink problem
Date: 15 Dec 92 17:56:13 GMT
Reply-To: D.Hines@daresbury.ac.uk
Distribution: inet
Organization: SERC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK
NNTP-Posting-Host: dlsi.dl.ac.uk

Hello,
    I am trying to use nntplink with INN to send news to a C news site. The
transfer is working, but I am seeing lots of small trasnfers, rather than a
few large batches. Can anyone see what I am doing wrong ?
The newsfeeds line is:

gserv1:*,!junk:Tc,Wnm:nntplink -C30 -i stdin gserv1

NNTP on gserv1 is set up to allow batches of 500k. NNTP logging on gserv1
machine records things like:

Dec 15 17:40:15 localhost nntpd[14862]: mserv1 connect
Dec 15 17:40:21 localhost nntpd[14891]: mserv1 connect
Dec 15 17:40:22 localhost nntpd[14862]: mserv1 ihave_stats accepted 10 rejected 0 failed 0
Dec 15 17:40:22 localhost nntpd[14862]: mserv1 times user 0.430 system 1.100 elapsed 6.987
Dec 15 17:40:24 localhost nntpd[14907]: mserv1 connect
Dec 15 17:40:25 localhost nntpd[14891]: mserv1 ihave_stats accepted 3 rejected 0 failed 0
Dec 15 17:40:25 localhost nntpd[14891]: mserv1 times user 0.420 system 0.970 elapsed 3.982
Dec 15 17:40:28 localhost nntpd[14929]: mserv1 connect
Dec 15 17:40:30 localhost nntpd[14907]: mserv1 ihave_stats accepted 8 rejected 0 failed 0
Dec 15 17:40:30 localhost nntpd[14907]: mserv1 times user 0.400 system 1.090 elapsed 5.243
Dec 15 17:40:31 localhost nntpd[14942]: mserv1 connect
Dec 15 17:40:32 localhost nntpd[14929]: mserv1 ihave_stats accepted 3 rejected 0 failed 0
Dec 15 17:40:32 localhost nntpd[14929]: mserv1 times user 0.340 system 1.120 elapsed 4.054
Dec 15 17:40:34 localhost nntpd[14948]: mserv1 connect
Dec 15 17:40:35 localhost nntpd[14942]: mserv1 ihave_stats accepted 7 rejected 0 failed 0
Dec 15 17:40:35 localhost nntpd[14942]: mserv1 times user 0.440 system 1.160 elapsed 3.806
Dec 15 17:40:37 localhost nntpd[14958]: mserv1 connect
Dec 15 17:40:38 localhost nntpd[14948]: mserv1 ihave_stats accepted 4 rejected 0 failed 0
Dec 15 17:40:38 localhost nntpd[14948]: mserv1 times user 0.390 system 0.950 elapsed 4.351

while nntplink on mserv1 records line such as:

Dec 15 17:51:45 mserv1 nntplink[5765]: gserv1 stats 100 offered 100 accepted 0 rejected 0 failed 15 connects
Dec 15 17:51:45 mserv1 nntplink[5765]: gserv1 xmit user 0.2 system 0.4 elapsed 3

Using innxmit to the same server works OK, producing larger batches, eg.

Dec 15 10:34:29 localhost nntpd[19971]: mserv1 connect
Dec 15 10:35:05 localhost nntpd[19971]: mserv1 ihave_stats accepted 58 rejected 0 failed 0
Dec 15 10:35:05 localhost nntpd[19971]: mserv1 times user 2.140 system 8.010 elapsed 36.614
Dec 15 10:44:30 localhost nntpd[20374]: mserv1 connect
Dec 15 10:45:37 localhost nntpd[20374]: mserv1 ihave_stats accepted 101 rejected 0 failed 0
Dec 15 10:45:37 localhost nntpd[20374]: mserv1 times user 2.990 system 9.270 elapsed 67.281
--
Snail:	David Hines,  Daresbury Lab,	JANET:	D.Hines@uk.ac.daresbury
	Warrington,  WA4 4AD,  U.K.	Other:	D.Hines@daresbury.ac.uk
	('phone:  +44 925 603357)
From: 103-10@hrovx1.hro.nl (Dieter Hoofman)
Subject: Re: Looking for NNTP clients on DOS, Mac and VMS platforms
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 92 04:54:59 EST
Organization: Hogeschool Rotterdam & Omstreken

In article <Bz1Jz7.H1y@cc.mey.nl> Kees de Ridder <keesr@cc.mey.nl> writes:
>From: Kees de Ridder <keesr@cc.mey.nl>
>Subject: Re: Looking for NNTP clients on DOS, Mac and VMS platforms
>Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1992 11:30:43 GMT
>In article <1992Dec7.164339.29548@rlmix1.rulimburg.nl> Koen Smits,
>koen@rlmix1.rulimburg.nl writes:
>>I am looking for NNTP clients on various platforms to a server on Unix.
>We
>>are moving to a packet driver interface on the DOS machines, and need
>pointers
>>to clients software, and evaluatins if available.
>>
>>I also expected but have not found a FAQ n this subject. It could be
>that my
>>system manager is throwing this away too soon
>>
>>We have heard of the following readers, and would be interested in
>experience
>>with them, or advice regarding others.
>>
>>
>>DOS   TIN (?), news and Trumpet
>>Mac   Newswatcher, TheNews, Nimbus(?)  and someone mentioned a Hypercard
>stack
>>VMS   Only heard of anu-news, but also rumors atht it is no longer
>available
>>Unix  we expect to use TIN.
>>
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>
>>keith Dixon
>
>We are also looking for a DOS nntp reader.
>
>For the Mac we use Nuntius. (it's great and can be found at
>frederik.ruc.dk)
>TheNews crashes in our situation (tested with quadra system 7.1)
>Newswatcher works but we prefer Nuntius.
>don't know other readers.
>
>---
>Internet:         ||   AppleLink:   ||   Voice:        
>keesr@cc.mey.nl   ||   Hol0146      ||   (0)10-4074255 
>---

I use a very good newsreader for MSDOS called 'Trumpet'.
It's available at many anonymous ftp-sites (like 134.197.1.2 in the 
directory: /pub/pc/tcp-ip/netnews).
Xref: sparky news.software.nntp:1669 news.misc:2040
From: rsalz@rodan.UU.NET (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,news.misc
Subject: Re: Are Message-IDs case significant ?
Date: 15 Dec 1992 10:21:07 -0500
Organization: UUNET Technologies Inc, Falls Church, VA
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net

Here's Message-ID syntax, from <1991Jul17.063212.19912@twinsun.com>
Posted by  Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com>in July 1991:

    # These definitions are taken from RFC 822, except (as per RFC 1036)
    # white space, nonprinting, and `>' characters are excluded.
    dtext='[!-=?-Z^-~]'
    qtext='[]-~!#-=?-[]'
    quoted_pair='\\[!-=?-~]'
    quoted_string="\"($qtext|$quoted_pair)*\""
    atom="[-!#-'*-+/-9=?A-Z^-~]+"
    word="($atom|$quoted_string)"
    domain_literal="\\[($dtext|$quoted_pair)*\\]"
    domain_ref="$atom"
    sub_domain="($domain_ref|$domain_literal)"
    domain="$sub_domain(\\.$sub_domain)*"
    local_part="$word(\\.$word)*"
    addr_spec="$local_part@$domain"
    msg_id="<$addr_spec>"

    egrep -v "^$msg_id  "

Note that it does not describe semantics (e.g., which case is
ignored).
	/r$
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
From: koschuet@tom.rz.uni-passau.de (Dirk Koschuetzki)
Subject: cancel, INN responds: Article is garbled ???
Organization: University of Passau, Germany
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 15:23:32 GMT

Hello,

I've a problem with INN.
Everytime I try to cancel an Article, i get the responds:

 Article is garbled.

What does it mean ?

I have: VERIFY_CANCELS          DONT

thanx 
Dirk

*******************************************************************************
		Ich denke,
		 also bin ich Informatiker.

E-Mail: Dirk.Koschuetzki@RZ.Uni-Passau.de
From: andresb@anubis.kbfi.ee (Andres Bauman)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: INN 1.2 question
Date: 16 Dec 1992 11:16:47 GMT
Organization: Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Estonia
NNTP-Posting-Host: anubis.kbfi.ee
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

How to get rid of spool directory entries of those newsgroups
removed with

ctlinnd rmgroup

Is the only way  deleting them manually?

--


-----------------------------------------------------------
Andres Bauman                   | Internet: andresb@kbfi.ee 
Institute of Chemical Physics   |    phone: 7(0142)454031
and Biophysics                  |      fax: 7(0142)440640
Ravala pst. 10                  |
EE0001, Tallinn, Estonia        |
From: burchell@cse.unl.edu (David Burchell)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: Anyone running news on a DG AViiON workstation?
Date: 18 Dec 1992 17:45:17 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln	
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cse.unl.edu

I want to build a news feed on a Data General AViiON 300
workstation running DG/UX 5.4.1.  Anyone out there
built nntp on one?  From what I hear, news _readers_
have been built, but no actual newsfeed software.
--
Dave Burchell                   |
burchell@cse.unl.edu            |        Review your options.
djburche@jwendnelnc.cr.usgs.gov |              Amiga.
From: rob@agate.berkeley.edu (Rob Robertson)
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: [INN 1.2] NEWNEWS Problems, connection closes midway
Date: 17 Dec 92 14:55:52
Organization: University of California, Bezerkeley
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: math.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: pushp@nic.cerf.net's message of 17 Dec 1992 22:22:19 GMT


In article <1gquirINN7ee@news.cerf.net> pushp@nic.cerf.net (Pushpendra Mohta) writes:
   "I have indications here that the newnews command must be core dumping
   or such; if I connect manually to nntp port and get the nnrpd, i give
   a newnews command expecting some articles and get partway through
   the list and get "connection closed by foreign host".  The "list"
   command to get the active file works fine. " 

   How should I debug this ? There are no error that show up in the logs

I've never seen the problem under 1.2, but then, that doesn't mean it
doesn't exist for your system. 

Run it from inside a debugger.  Nnrpd is kool in that it can be run
connected to standard input, if you've got like the following line in
your nnrp.access file:

	stdin: Read Post:::*

It'll give you the nnrp banner and all, then give the newnews command
with the appropriate arguments.

good luck,

rob
--
			  william robertson
			rob@agate.berkeley.edu

     "when i was your age, i walked 10 miles to school, unarmed."
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
From: lgonzale@halcon.dpi.udec.cl ()
Subject: Re: Which program among cnews and nntp server puts the header at article ?
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 11:40:45 GMT
Organization: Universidad de Concepcion, Concepcion - Chile
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]

Goh Ok-Hee (goh@sun330.snu.ac.kr) wrote:
>
> We run news with cnews and nntp version 1.5.11.
> The article posted in our system has not lines number(ex: Lines:) among header.
> and it's date( ex : Date:) specifies time in the TZ of GMT.
> 
> I need to replace time with time of localtime and
> append lines number of article.
>
> Which program among cnews and nntp server puts the header at article ?
>
>
	$NEWSBIN/inject/anne.jones puts the "Date:" header...
   "Lines:" is an optional header, not generated by cnews (at least not
   by my 2.11 cnews version).

Leopoldo 
--
Leopoldo Gonzalez R.                   "My God, it's full of stars!.."
lgonzale@halcon.dpi.udec.cl            Dave Bowman, within nine years...
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp
From: erodrigu@dcc.uchile.cl (Eduardo Rodriguez)
Subject: Re: Which program among cnews and nntp server puts the header at article ?
Originator: erodrigu@tolten
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 18:42:53 GMT
Organization: Universidad de Chile, Depto. de Ciencias de la Computacion


In article <Dec18.114045.13211@halcon.dpi.udec.cl>, lgonzale@halcon.dpi.udec.cl () writes:
> Goh Ok-Hee (goh@sun330.snu.ac.kr) wrote:
> >
> > We run news with cnews and nntp version 1.5.11.
> > The article posted in our system has not lines number(ex: Lines:) among header.
> > and it's date( ex : Date:) specifies time in the TZ of GMT.
> > 
> > I need to replace time with time of localtime and
> > append lines number of article.
> >
> > Which program among cnews and nntp server puts the header at article ?
> >
> >
> 	$NEWSBIN/inject/anne.jones puts the "Date:" header...
>    "Lines:" is an optional header, not generated by cnews (at least not
>    by my 2.11 cnews version).

Look the inews shell script for the "Lines:" code, it has it commented,
just uncomment it.

edo...

 ////  Fortuna mia la de             ```\  .     Eduardo Rodriguez     .
 c-OO  concurrir aqui, por           OO-c   .  erodrigu@dcc.uchile.cl   .
    \  virtud de la palabra.         /     . Dpto Cs de la Computacion .
   -                         *bow*    -     .   Universidad de Chile    .
Newsgroups: news.software.nntp,news.software.b
From: larry@news.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: nntp inbound bundles
Organization: Gator Communications - Feeds-R-Us 219-289-3745 
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 15:01:24 GMT

From time to time (several times a day) I notice partial inbound
nntp bundles just "hanging around" waiting to be tossed.  Does anyone
have a patch for nntpd to toss anything before aborting?


-- 
Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
#! rnews 1292 news.cs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.new-zealand
Subject: Re: Looking for person on K12 Network
From: misdcc@otago.ac.nz (Denis Gordon)
Date: 17 Dec 92 23:43:54 +1300
Organization: Dunedin City Council, Dunedin, NZ

In article <1992Dec14.003943.3792@eng.umd.edu>, keane@eng.umd.edu (Christopher Matthews Keane) writes:
> I am trying to get the EMail address for Robin Bain at the Taieri
> Beach School in Brighton, Otago.  The school has access to the K12
> network which I guess is run through fidonet.  Is anyone else on K12
> or know what Robin's EMail address may be - a raw fidonet address is
> fine - I've got the format to use that.... or is there another way
> through K12.
> 
> Cheers
> Christopher Keane
> keane@earthsun.umd.edu

Here in Dunedin K12 access is provided by one of the local FidoNet BBSs -
Southern Vortex. Robin is a user on this BBS so he should get email
addressed there.

Southern Vortex's FidoNet node is 3:770/505. If you have any problems
contacting Robin email me (misdcc@otago.ac.nz) and I'll try to
contact him on the BBS or by phone.

Good luck
Denis

#! rnews 676 news.cs.indiana.edu
From: judith@media.mit.edu (Judith Donath)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.magyar
Subject: On-line dictionary
Date: 17 Dec 92 07:12:03 GMT
Distribution: soc.culture.magyar
Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory



Does anyone know of an electronic dictionary or other translation
aid for translating Hungarian into English?  Any platform
(Macintosh/IBM/Unix etc) is fine.


						Thank you,

						Judith S. Donath
#! rnews 1121 news.cs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.nordic
From: khelgese@IASTATE.EDU (Kjetil Helgesen)
Subject: Re: Learning Norwegian
Reply-To: khelgese@IASTATE.EDU (Kjetil Helgesen)
Organization: Iowa State University
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:32:09 GMT

Even though I would also recommend to learn "bokmaal" to most people, it will
depend a little on what the purpose of learning it is.  If it is learning a
little before going to Norway to visit relatives, I would recommend "nynorsk" to
people with relatives in the west part of southern Norway, especially the
northwest (north of Bergen).  It is a fact that "nynorsk" was made artificially,
but it was based on Norwegian dialects.  Also, I would think that most written
languages are artificially constructed, including bokmaal.  The fact that
"nynorsk" was artificially made later than "bokmaal" does not make it less
worth.

-Kjetil
#! rnews 1420 news.cs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: alt.internet.access.wanted
From: heiko@Harpo.Chemie.FU-Berlin.DE (Heiko Schlichting)
Subject: Re: Willing to pay for Internet access in Germany
Organization: Free University of Berlin, Dept. of Chemistry
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:07:40 GMT

kyd@kali.EBay.Sun.COM (Karen Y. deWeeger) writes:

>Actually, my Father is willing to pay. He lives in the Frankfurt
>area (Bad Soden) and would like to have Internet access either
>from home, work or both. Does anyone out there know how to go 
>about getting access?

Private internet access (Mail, News, direct TCP/IP connection) is
possible via the Individual Network e.V. in Germany. 

Contacts: in@individual.net         (mailing list to all admins of the 
                                    individual network)
	  postmaster@rhein-main.de  (regional group for Frankfurt/Main)
	  postmaster@gun.de	    (regional group for Niederrhein)

The Individual Network offers access for private use only, commercial use
is not allowed.

Heiko (postmaster@IN-Berlin.DE)
-- 
Heiko Schlichting                     | Freie Universitaet Berlin
heiko@groucho.chemie.fu-berlin.de     | Institut fuer Kristallographie
#! rnews 1424 news.cs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: soc.history
From: erics@sco.COM (eric smith)
Subject: Re: _Inside the Third Reich_ by Albert Speer
Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 20:02:26 GMT


cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer) writes:

>L98CC@CUNYVM.BITNET writes:

>>    _The rise and fall of the Third Reich_ also got generally negative
>>    reviews as well.  It seems to me that professional historians do not
>>    regard these two books very highly.  Why?

>Hmmm.  My modern European history professor thought Shirer's book was
>a reasonable source to use.

In a historiography class I took I chose Shirer as a historian about
whom to write a term paper. My professor was clearly not pleased with
my choice, and I gather the reason was that he considered Shirer to be
more of a reporter than a respected historian. I think if you read Shirer's
books, and TRAFOTTR in particular, it's true that the reportorial style
of the writing comes through loud and clear. However, as an eyewitness
to many of the events about which he wrote and as someone with an
insightful viewpoint, Shirer in my opinion is a good historical source.

-----
Eric Smith
erics@sco.com
erics@infoserv.com
CI$: 70262,3610

#! rnews 816 news.cs.indiana.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.pakistan
From: hasan@cs.washington.edu (Shams Hasan)
Subject: Re: Islam Preaching Equality
Summary: Who the blazes....... 
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 20:03:42 GMT


My dear Mr. Shakil,

If you are not Pakistani, then who in the balzes are you ?
If you are not interested in Pakistan, why do you continue to misuse this forum?

Please, please justigy your obsession. We are all dying to hear your answer.

Best Regards,
Shams Hasan.
#! rnews 4562 news.uu.net
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
From: barnhart@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Mr. Aaron Barnhart)
Subject: IPS:AFRICA: ITALY AGREES TO SEND TROOPS TO SOMALIA, MOZAMBIQUE
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:49:52 GMT
Organization: Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.

Copyright Inter Press Service 1992, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Reference: Europe, western; Africa, east
Title: AFRICA: ITALY AGREES TO SEND TROOPS TO SOMALIA, MOZAMBIQUE


rome, dec 9 (ips) -- the italian government wednesday agreed to
send troops to somalia and mozambique as part of a multinational
force which will safeguard the distribution of relief supplies in
the two african countries.

the italian decision was announced by foreign minister emilio
colombo at the end of a cabinet meeting.

colombia denied media reports that the somalis were hostile to
italy, which colonized part of the country from the late 19th
century until 1960.

''our troops have already received the consensus of the
various somali groups presented in addis abeba'' the ethiopian
capital, he said.

the government will inform parliament of its decision on
thursday.

defence minister salvo ando said that 3,200 italian soldiers
would participate in the operations in the two african countries
of which 1,200 would go to mozambique.

a first contingent of 300 troops will leave on thursday night
or friday morning, he said.

the united nations asked the italian government to send troops
to mozambique to guarantee the security and distribution of aid
to the country.

the request came in a letter from un secretary-general boutros
boutros-ghali, handed over to the head of the italian government,
guiliano amato, on monday by the secretary-general's envoy aldo
ajello.

colombo said that italy's presence in mozambique was within
the framework of the implementation of a peace treaty concluded
in rome between representatives of that country's government and
rebels on oct. 4.

the treaty crowned two years of negotiations brokered by italy
and ended a 16-year war in the southern african country.
(end/ips/trd/so/jp-ds/kb/92)
#! rnews 3222 news.uu.net
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african
From: barnhart@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Mr. Aaron Barnhart)
Subject: IPS:SOMALIA: French split on wisdom of military intervention
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:50:22 GMT
Organization: Evanston, Illinois, U.S.A.

Copyright Inter Press Service 1992, all rights reserved.  Permission to re-
print within 7 days of original date only with permission from 'newsdesk'.

Title: SOMALIA: French split on wisdom of military intervention /RELATE/


attn editors: please relate the following item to 'africa: italy
agrees to send troops to somalia, mozambique' moved from rome
earlier.

paris, dec 9 (ips/angeline oyog) -- french opinion was divided
over wednesday's military intervention in somalia, in which france
is participating, with differences showing in the government.

prime minister pierre beregovoy wednesday defended french
participation in the u.s.-led 'operation restore hope' in somalia,
saying that though the u.n. charter affirms the right of national
self-determination, ''there is a duty to intervene when human
lives are threatened.''

but french defence minister pierre joxe has expressed doubts,
concerned that the french army, already involved in cambodia and
in yugoslavia, may be overstretched by too many committments to
provide military protection for aid convoys.

joxe added over the weekend that the operation may only
temporarily relieve the crisis before the troops withdraw and the
bandits return. in an editorial wednesday, the afternoon paper 'le
monde' wrote: ''it is noble to want to bring hope to the
somalis... one should also not deceive this hope.''

however, a french foreign ministry spokesman said france is
seeking a political solution to the crisis in somalia. ''the
stakes for the international community are too great. if we
succeed in somalia, this could serve as an example elsewhere.''

thus in mogadishu, french minister for health and humanitarian
action bernard kouchner plans to meet the two principal leaders of
the rival clans in the hope of mediating.

according to the spokesman, the first phase of the operation in
somalia will be followed by a reinforcement of the u.n. blue beret
peacekeepers in the country, to maintain a durable peace. but he
added that somalis must find a political solution themselves.

although the objective of bringing aid to the dying somalis has
won approval, a spokesman for the humanitarian group 'medecins
sans frontiers' warned of the danger of other crises such as the
war in bosnia-hercegovina being forgotten.

didier francois, director of the development aid group 'terre des
hommes' wished for a more international force. the u.s.
predominance was ''worrisome'' he said, and may give the u.s. a
disproportionate say in the political make up of the region.

and while the conservative mayor of paris jacques chirac approved
the military intervention in somalia, he added: ''i hope that in
the future, it will be the united nations which will direct this
kind of intervention.'' (end/ips/ip/ao/rj/92)
#! rnews 4011 news.uu.net
Newsgroups: soc.culture.african