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MALAYSIA Antiterror Pact The leaders of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines signed a cooperation agreement to combat terrorism and target Islamic fundamentalists who they say threaten all three states. The accord allows for combined antiterrorism operations and the sharing of information, including airline passenger lists...
...Russia's Krasnoyarski region, ex-army general and a 1996 Russian presidential contender, in a helicopter crash; in Siberia. An Afghan war veteran, Lebed protected Boris Yeltsin during the hard-liners' coup in 1991, ended bloodshed in Moldova's breakaway Transdniester region in July 1992 and signed the peace accord that ended the first Chechen war, in August 1996. DIED. LUNG SI-HUNG, 72, known for his portrayal of the master-chef dad in the 1994 Taiwanese hit, Eat Drink Man Woman; in Taipei. Lung achieved international acclaim for his roles in Pushing Hands, The Wedding Banquet and Crouching Tiger...
...seats on the U.N.’s main human rights body. When one considers the realities of Cuban political dissidents rotting in decrepit, inhuman prison cells, Chinese religious minorities suffering harsh persecution by Beijing and Sudanese women and children being sold into chattel slavery, it becomes difficult to accord the commission any real credibility...
...Despite the difficulties and setbacks, there's a mounting sense in diplomatic circles that the common geopolitical interests, and accord among the leadership, of the U.S. and the Arab world in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may have created an unprecedented opportunity to break the logjam. But the extent to which that opportunity is realized may depend, in large part, on how much the Bush administration - and its Arab and Israeli allies - are willing to risk in the traditionally thankless pursuit of Middle East peace...
...show in the Loeb, students assemble a staff and make a detailed proposal that the HRDC Board weighs against other similar proposals in selecting the productions to fill out its season. This semester, however, the process yielded no options that the board deemed viable. Consequently, in accord with the HRDC constitution, the board produced its own production, enlisting former HRDC President McClelland as director and Kathleen A. Stetson ’03 as musical director...