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- THE WEEK, Page 20WORLDEt Cetera
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- DON'T TAKE OFF!
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- For 17 months, Saddam Hussein has pounded the rebellious
- Shi`ite Moslems of southern Iraq. But last week President Bush
- made good on his promise to keep Baghdad from bombing the
- rebels, declaring that any Iraqi fighter crossing south of the
- 32nd parallel would be shot down. As of week's end allied
- pilots reported no Iraqi aircraft in the "no-fly zone." Saddam's
- only comment: "We will choose the appropriate method and timing
- to confront this unjust, hostile decision."
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- ENTENTE CORDIALE
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- For decades Canadians have been worried that the
- French-speaking province of Quebec would secede and the country
- would fall apart. Last week Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and
- 10 provincial premiers finalized an agreement aimed at keeping
- the 125-year-old confederation intact. They agreed to
- constitutional reforms that would provide greater autonomy for
- Quebec, more political clout for the country's less populous
- regions and self-government for aboriginal Canadians.
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