The Central Bank was granted autonomy, charged with keeping inflation low and ensuring that banks eschew the adventurism that has damaged Britain and America.

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He may well argue that he is untainted either by association with Mr Rugova and his failed moderation or with the guerrillas and their rash adventurism.

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This may well serve as a check on any adventurism.

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Mr Kabila and his allies, the presidents of Zimbabwe, Angola and Namibia, see this as adventurism and accuse Rwanda and Uganda of trying to create a Tutsi empire in eastern Congo.

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But fears of foreign adventurism were strengthened this week by the surprise announcement that, at the Americans' request, Britain is dispatching a sizeable force of commandos to destroy al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters holed up in eastern Afghanistan.

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