As soon as you pass through the hassle-free border control, the terrain starts to get interesting. The hills gradually envelop the road until you doubt that you're anywhere near the sea. And then -- boom -- you hit the village of Herceg-Novi and the southernmost fjord in Europe. With the mountains visible in three directions and the blue, blue water before you (they say the Adriatic current sweeps the detritus into Italian waters, leaving Montenegro with the sea's clearest), it's as if you're the only people on Earth, and indeed the number of cars on the road would scarcely disprove that notion. Herceg-Novi gives a taste of what is to come on the Montenegrin coast: a humble port, ruined 14th-century ramparts, tiers of cobblestone walkways connected by nearly vertical staircases, cluster...
It's not pretty and it's not built for comfort, but it is a model of aeronautic engineering and efficiency. The imposing freighter is handled by a crew of just three -- two pilots in a cockpit located above the cargo bay and a loadmaster who monitors the cargo and other systems. There wasn't much cargo on this journey, so the loadmaster invited our small group of journalists and soldiers to feel free to stretch out on the cold steel floor once we were airborne. We were advised, however, to avoid the rear of the aircraft, in case the cargo door should open for whatever reason. "You'll be sucked right out," he warned. It's about meeting our responsibilities as a wealthy people with friends, allies and obligations around the world. Canada is sending ships to Haiti, but the navy does not po...
... transport ships for operations in the Balkans, East Timor and even Afghanistan. At various times...
..., a major ethnic conflict exploded in the Balkans. Initial attempts were undertaken by the internati...
The United States, most members of the European Union and a scattering of other nations were quick to recognize the new nation. They had, in fact, pushed independence as the only viable long-term solution to the Balkans' most sensitive powder keg. In the few days since the declaration of Kosovar freedom, there have been demonstrations in Serbia, threats from Russia (which supports the Serb claim to sovereignty) and rioting, burning and violence by Serbs within Kosovo, all indications that freedom is not yet a fait accompli. Some nations refuse to recognize Kosovo for particular reasons. In a few cases, this is out of fear of Russia's wrath, but in most it is an entirely self-serving reaction that has created some strange bedfellows. Spain has little in common politically with Vietnam; G...
To write a story about post-secondary students receiving a rebate for remaining in the province, and to not actually talk to a single regular student, is not thorough journalism, especially when the front-page headline leads readers to believe that they have actually talked to students. To talk to people like Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard, who is not directly affected by the planned rebate, yet ignore students, affects the credibility of the journalists. Downtown is overflowing with students. With the University of Winnipeg and Red River College just blocks away from the legislature, there is no excuse for not talking to even one student. Students will talk, especially when it is pertaining to money going into their wallet. Along with several other Red River College students, I feel that t...
... recently, the genocide in Rwanda, the Balkans and in Darfur? The point is, that history repeats ...
In it [Daniel Jonah Goldhagen] uses the interpretive frame of his controversial 1996 book on the Holocaust, Hitler's Willing Executioners, for an analysis of genocide in general. Goldhagen's first book was rejected by scholars for faulty research and interpretation, and the present work will not likely fare any better. Goldhagen's central concept is "eliminationism," which he prefers to the more narrowly defined genocide. Eliminationist leaders and politics are key to understanding the origins as well as the course of genocide, from that of the Armenians, Jews and Cambodians, to the so-called "ethnic cleansing" by Serbs and Croat in the Balkans, as well as the recent assaults in Rwanda and Darfur. There must exist a totality of beliefs, desires, ideologies, acts and policies to make mas...
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