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Advocates for women in the U.S. want the Oluloro affair to be a test case. "Claims based on gender oppression have not been recognized as a basis for asylum," says Nancy Kelly, directing attorney of the Women's Refugee Project, a joint program of Harvard Law School and Cambridge and Somerville (Massachusetts) Legal Services. "Harm that is done to women is seen as a personal, private or cultural matter. Genital mutilation has not been seen as a type of harm." The feminist mainstream has been particularly galvanized by the highly personalized documentary film and book on female-genital mutilation, Warrior...
...fired," says Republican Senator Al D'Amato. Or at least put "out of the picture" on an unpaid leave of absence, said Republican Senate Leader Bob Dole last Friday. The target of these attacks is Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman, the latest Clinton Administration official caught in the Whitewater affair's web of fact and innuendo...
...Iranians are extraordinarily determined in their efforts to assassinate members of their opposition abroad," says Paris assistant district attorney Patrick Lalande. "They will tell you that they treat their opponents abroad just as they treat them at home and that this is a purely domestic affair." Western governments do not agree but find it hard to stand up to Iran's state-backed terror. The Bakhtiar case, with a trail of evidence that leads right into Tehran's ministries, is a major test of France's resolve. The trial, which could start as soon as next June, is more likely...
Lloyd Cutler, venerable pillar of the Washington establishment, was tapped by President Clinton to take control of the increasingly ominous Whitewater affair as interim White House counselor. Cutler, who held the same position for Jimmy Carter, emphasized that he would take the job for no more than 130 days and would serve without...
...Forum Affair. The Hasty Pudding's146th production. Hasty Pudding Theatre, 8 p.m.Please see Thursday's listing for moreinformation...