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...Winners RUDY GIULIANI Rock of New York wins 15% of Republican mayoral primary vote on write-ins. Probably a shoo-in to win next year's Miss America contest ANGELINA JOLIE U.N. goodwill ambassador donates $1 million to help suffering Afghan refugees. That almost makes up for the crime that was Original Sin MICHAEL JORDAN Aging MJ returns to the NBA; will donate his entire salary to terrorism victims. Nike to come out with slamming new "Air Rocking Chair" Losers BILL MAHER Politically Incorrect host is castigated by White House after politically incorrect quip. In war, comedy is always...
...tireless advocate of music education and government funding of the arts; in New York City. Stern, who spearheaded a 1960 effort that saved Carnegie Hall from demolition, is one of the most recorded classical musicians in history (see Eulogy). DIED. SAAD MOURTADA, 78, diplomat who became Egypt's first ambassador to Israel in 1980, a year after the two countries signed a landmark peace agreement; in Falls Church, Virginia. He was recalled in 1982 after a massacre of several hundred Palestinian refugees in Israeli-occupied West Beirut. DIED. NGUYEN TON HOAN, 84, founding member of the Dai Viet party, which...
...June, I had the honor of visiting the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City to discuss humanitarian aid programs. While there, I was shocked by the comments made by an assistant to the ambassador. He made several disparaging remarks about the Guatemalan people, and he was not helpful in furthering the interests of culturally sensitive aid organizations in the country. The shortcomings of our diplomats perpetuate a highly negative image of America in the developing world...
...nicknamed O'Neill "Rambo." It did not use the name fondly. O'Neill didn't just request access and information from officials in Yemen; he demanded them. He insisted that his agents be allowed to carry automatic rifles for protection. Ultimately, O'Neill was barred from Yemen by U.S. Ambassador Barbara Bodine for irritating his hosts. His agents, however, were grateful for his unwavering intransigence. Said an admirer: "O'Neill has been thrown out of better places than that...
...Kabul is bracing to pay the price for that hospitality. "Will America send rockets and bombs to hit Afghanistan?" some residents asked anxiously. In Islamabad, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan issued a warning. "If any regional or neighboring country helps the U.S. attack us," Abdul Salam Zaeef told reporters, "it would draw us into a reprisal...