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ture European crises and voiced concern about the way the European                  Through the hot still day, as dogs barked in the empty streets,
Union is approaching defense.                                                about 2,000 Australian and British soldiers deployed through the city
        In a plea for greater defense burden- sharing, Strobe Talbott, the   with their heavy packs and weaponry. As the sun went down, in a sort
deputy secretary of state, told a London conference on. the future of        of welcome to the invited but unwelcome guests, three large fires were
NATO that basic differences had emerged across the Atlantic on the           set in villages near the airport, their black smoke and bright orange
lessons of the Kosovo war.                                                   flames filling the sky.
        ‘Many Americans are saying never again should the United
                                                                                   1) The story is about:
States have to fly the lion’s share of the risky mission in a NATO op-
                                                                                   a. Indonesian troops in East Timor.
eration and foot by far the biggest bill’, Mr. Talbott told the Royal In-
                                                                                   b. international peacekeeping force in East Timor.
stitute of International affairs. (Reuters).
                                                                                   c. the beginning of war in East Timor.
      1) The story is about
      a. the U.S. and European Union disagreements.                                2) How were the peacekeepers met?
      b. the European crisis.                                                      a. they were welcomed
      c. the European Union defence policy.                                        b. there was strong resistance
                                                                                   c. they moved into the town smoothly
       2) What is the United Stated unwilling to do in future?
       a. to grant help to the European Union                                     3) How many soldiers were deployed in the capital of East
       b. to take part in future European conflicts                          Timor?
       c. to pay most part of the expenses in future NATO military op-            a. a small British regiment
erations                                                                          b. two hundred Australian soldiers
                                                                                  c. two thousand British and Australian soldiers
       3) What caused the differences at the London conference on the
future of NATO?                                                                    4. JUDGE BACKS MOVE ON IRA RULING
       a. the Kosovo war
                                                                                    BELFAST (Reuters) – A Northern Irish Protestant whose par-
       b. plans for new risky operations
                                                                             ents were killed by an Irish Republican Army bomb can challenge
       c. Strobe Talbott’s speech at the conference
                                                                             Britain’s ruling that the group had not broken a two-year old cease-fire,
                                                                             High Court judge said on Monday. Judge Brian Kerr ruled that Mi-
      3. PEACEKEEPERS LAND IN TIMOR
                                                                             chelle Williamson had the right to ask a court to review the decision by
      DILI, East Timor – With all the fire power and high technology         the British Northern Ireland secretary, Mo Mowlam, not to halt the
of modern war, the vanguard of an international peacekeeping force           early release of IRA prisoners under the province’s peace accord.
staked its claim Monday to this silent and broken town, watched warily              She ruled that the cease-fire was still intact last month despite
by clusters of refugees, sullen Indonesian troops and small, angry           evidence that the IRA had been involved in a murder.
groups of irregular militias.
                                                                                   1) The story is about:
      There was no resistance but no welcome. There was no peace to
                                                                                   a. a challenge to the British authorities in Northern Ireland.
keep; this tiny capital of East Timor was a dead city; burned, looted
                                                                                   b. the peace talks.
and evacuated.
                                                                                   c. the Irish Republican Army.

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