With his emotional speech to a Labor Party conference, Barak launched a campaign to sell skeptical Israelis on the price for peace after the surprise announcement that long-suspended negotiations with Syria will resume next week. The Russian military says it has encircled the capital Grozny, and while it doesn't plan to storm the heavily defended city, it has told civilians to leave by Saturday to avoid massive air and artillery strikes. It also triggered an expulsion order for Gusev and an intense in-house investigation to determine who was responsible for planting the device. Officials said hundreds of State Department employees were being interviewed. With six shiny yellow fire helmets placed at the stage of a packed concert arena, six firefighters who died in a warehouse blaze were honored as fallen heroes yesterday by thousands of their brethren from around the world.
Most cities have one hero.
In an advertisement in The Standard-Times, Kenneth T. Lyons, president of the National Association of Government Employees, said Sen. Montigny's criticism was a disgrace. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said little about what actions might be taken and some analysts said the administration's options are limited largely to jawboning friendly producing nations. I suddenly have little girls in my life. I am once again coaching an OM team, this time for my youngest son, who is in the fourth grade. Everett Hoagland was in the midst of an uncomfortable, 10-hour transatlantic flight to Ghana last month, when a thought occurred to him.