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THE TENNESSEAN TiwwUy, My 13 1997 3 A WORLD Brad About Russia, Chechnya Treaty avoids key issue of latter's end war independence BradSchmitt niirtfuitiiiii nniiflriiVr i iTftiiifmriiviii ---r-h 1 i nun i Zairian rebels vow to continue advance KINSHASA, Zaire The prospects for avoiding a final battle for Zaire's capital appeared to fade yesterday, with rebels vowing to continue their advance even if peace talks proceed. The rebels and political opposition groups called a three-day strike to begin tomorrow, when President Mobutu Sese Seko and rebel leader Laurent Kabila are scheduled to meet aboard a South African ship off the coast of Congo. If the talks fail, the two sides simply may have to fight it out, said mediator Thabo Mbeki, South Africa's deputy president "If agreement is not reached, in reality, it opens the way to a military solution being the only thing on the cards," Mbeki told reporters in Capetown. Other signs indicated fear of an impending battle for Kinshasa: U.S. officials stepped up preparations for evacuating an estimated 300 American citizens from the city.

For the latest formation: Call Source24 at 242-2424 and enter "1 103" (free within local calling area). ANC admits bombings CAPE TOWN, South Africa South Africa's governing African National Congress admitted yesterday that it committed bombings, murders and torture in its fight against apartheid sometimes killing innocent civilians. The admissions were made in a detailed, 139-page report to South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which is offering amnesty to people who confess to political crimes of the apartheid era. Apartheid ended in 1994, when ANC leader Nelson Mandela was elected president in the country's first all-race elections. Talks ease Asian feud MALE, The Maldives The leaders of India and Pakistan faced each other yesterday for the first time in four years and agreed on measures to ease the tension between the feuding countries.

The prime ministers' convivial tone spurred a rare sense of optimism that the half century of hostility could be resolved. "We have both agreed to have a clean slate," said India's Inder Kumar Gujral after the 90-minute meeting with Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif. The two men agreed to set up a hot line, arranged a release of prisoners and decided to create committees to discuss issues that have led them to war three times since 1947. -TENNESSEAN NEWS SERVICES MOSCOW (AP) Russia and Chechnya formally ended their devastating two-year war yesterday, signing a peace treaty that pledged an end to violence but avoided the key issue of Chechen independence. Russian President Boris Yeltsin beamed as he stood alongside Chechen President Asian Maskha-dov, a former Soviet army officer and separatist military commander who wore his traditional Chechen lambskin hat to the Kremlin ceremony.

"It is our firm intention to give up forever the use of force against each other," Yeltsin said. The pact, he said, is a historic document that ends the centuries-old conflict between Russia and the Chechens. But the treaty did not address the question whether Chechnya will ultimately be allowed full independence. The war in the southern Muslim republic ended last year with a truce and the withdrawal of humiliated Russian troops, and the sides agreed to put off the problem of Chechnya's future political status for five years. But despite yesterday's agreement, relations between Russia and Chechnya have been rocky, with both sides accusing the other of stir- fills iiirwjs1r President A Publisher: Craig Moon 259-8303 Vice President NewsEditor: Frank Sutherland 259-8003 Local News 259-8095 Sports 259-8010 Business 259-8096 Features 259-8050 Close-Up 726-5954 Photo Desk 726-5967 Speakers Bureau 726-8908 News tips electronic mail address newstipstennessean com Letters to the Editor e-mail address Ietterstennessean.com Customer Service e-mail address customertennessean.com s-JEsenrncrs.

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The message is, hell love her for the rest of his life. Then the crowd was really shocked when Trace broke into some hardcore gangsta rap. (Just kidding.) Trace's two girls, Sarah, 8, and Tarah, 12, could not have been cuter. All in all, a lovely ceremony. Mazel tov to the happy couple, headed for Alaska for their honeymoon as we speak.

Liz pulls out of fund-raiser Elizabeth Taylor, who just had a brain tumor removed, said she pulled out of an AIDS fund-raiser in France because she wanted to stay close to her doctors. "She's doing great She just doesnt want to be so far away," publicist Shir-ine Coburn said Monday. Liz's stand-in at Am-FAR's Cinema Against TAYLOR AIDS event in Cannes: Demi Moore. Tim Allen couldn't have said it better Mazel tov to Aaron Tippin and his wife, Thea, who are expecting their first child Jan. 4.

Aaron, 38, has a 19-year-old daughter, Charla, from his first marriage. When Thea found out she was pregnant, she called Aaron, who was out hunt- TIPPIN ing with some pals, on his cell phone. Aaron says he was quite moved: "I wouldVe cried if all the guys weren't there." Morsels Correction: In yesterday's earlier edition of The Tennessean, we ran the wrong picture of rapper Chuck in a story about how he's going to do on-air commentary for Fox CHUCK News. Sorry about the mistake. Catch Charlie Daniels from 5 to 6 p.m.

at the Murfreesboro Wal-Mart. He's promoting his new album, Blues Hat. Another fabulous WSIX's Devon O'Day songwriters' show at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Athletic Club at Maryland Farms. Tonight's star: Tonl Wine.

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Rodman, 36. Actress Julianne Phillips, 35. Country singer Lari White, 32. Singer Darius Rucker (Hootle and the Blowfish), 31. ASSOCIATED PRESS ston Churchill said, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." 1985 A confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as police dropped an explosive onto the group's headquarters; 11 people died.

1987 President Reagan said his personal diary confirmed that he'd talked with Saudi Arabia's King Fahd about Saudi help for the Nlca-raguan Contras at a time when Congress banned military aid, but Reagan said he did not solicit secret contributions. 1992 President Bush announced a $600 million loan package for riot-scarred Los Angeles. ASSOCIATED PRESS sr i Trisha and Garth cutting several duets From Tennessean music writer Tom Roland: Trisha Yearwood is recording a couple of duets with Garth Brooks, which may appear on his upcoming album, scheduled for re BROOKS lease in August. The two have talked for years of doing an entire album of duets, but they could never find the time to make it happen. Time hasnt been the only issue, says Trisha.

Finding enough songs that work for a malefemale duet to sing to each other is a problem, as well. "IVe sung on every album since the second one that he made," she said last week, "and it's always been so easy, because we're so used to workin together in the studio. "I think we thought picking songs and doing duets would be that easy, and it's not It's definitely a whole different thing." Yearwood may place YEARWOOO one of their duets on one of her albums as well, though that's all up in the air right now: "We havent gotten that far." Catch Trisha tomorrow night at the Ryman. Call 255-9600 for the $22.50 tix benefiting Cumberland Heights. O'Connor's pieces are revolutionary Mark O'Connor delighted a Nashville Symphony Orchestra crowd Sunday night when he dropped in unannounced to play.

OConnor, extraordinaire, is working on a score for the upcoming PBS mini-series about the Revolutionary War. O'CONNOR And Sunday night, he debuted two pieces he wrote for the score, Song of the Liberty Bell and Surrender The Sword. Despite the plummeting temperatures, both pieces were received warmly. Kiss the bride and grab the mike It aint no thinkin thing: Trace Adkins married the fabulous Rhonda Forlaw on Sunday night in a beautiful outdoor ceremony at Belle Meade Mansion. And the crowd couldVe filled an amphitheater.

About 800 folks were there to see the two exchange vows. During the ADKINS ceremony, Trace sang the song he wrote Actress Bea Arthur, 71. Critic Clive Barnes, 70. Director-choreographer Herbert Ross, 70. Actor Harvey Keitel, 58.

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