A struggling marriage

Article Abstract:

Montreal, a truly multicultural city, is suffering in the aftermath of the near passage of Quebec's 1995 referendum on separation from Canada. Many Montrealers see their city as the jewel of Canadian biculturalism, so the tension between Francophone nationalists and others is especially painful.

Canada, Column, Cover Story, Ethnic relations, Quebec, Montreal, Quebec, Biculturalism

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The business of war: upmarket mercenaries help regimes in need

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Executives Outcomes is a private military group based in South Africa which is selling its expertise to African governments such as Sierra Leone. There are 150 South African mercenaries giving military training in Sierra Leone and they are credited with turning around the nation's civil war.

Services, Military aspects, South Africans, Mercenary troops, Mercenaries, Sierra Leone, Executive Outcomes, South Africans in foreign countries

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Out of the ashes: destitute and weary Angola is struggling to emerge from the shadow of civil war

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The civil war in Angola, which has been going on since 1975, has devastated many cities and rural areas. One-third the population relies on UN food aid, and the nation is filled with refugees and amputees. However, there is tentative hope that the Nov 20, 1994, cease fire will last.

Angola, Armistices

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