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...detentions. Even many who believe the roundups are justified are troubled that the government won't say whom it's holding. Critics say that having people disappear into government custody smacks of authoritarianism--and conjures up memories of the desaparecidos, the dissidents who mysteriously disappeared in 1970s Argentina. Such secrecy makes it difficult to verify that the detentions are justified...
...terror, one part of the world that has received relatively scant attention is South America. But U.S. intelligence agencies are becoming increasingly worried about a nest of terrorists, drug traffickers and organized-crime figures who have taken up residence in South America's tri-border area, where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet. "It's like the Wild West there," says a Pentagon official. "Crime, religious extremism and politics are all linked under the table." For several years the CIA has had a team of agents monitoring terrorists from Hizballah, Hamas and, more recently, Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda organization...
...shaky. Domestic producers could produce a fraction of what they do now and still have enough to cover the defense industry's needs, and even if they all went out of business it's hard to imagine a war that would induce countries like South Korea, Mexico, Argentina and Japan to impose some politically inspired OPEC-style embargo...
...alongside him. Sometimes, favored teams inexplicably miss the cut?remember England in '94? The expansion of the Cup's final stages was supposed to improve the odds in favor of good players and squads: 32 teams participated in France '98, as against 24 in U.S.A. '94 and 16 in Argentina '78. And yet, more top teams have failed to make the grade this time than ever before. Five of the 20 best soccer nations, based on rankings issued last month by football's ruling body FIFA, won't be at Korea/Japan 2002: Colombia, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia, the Czech Republic...
...from a Maryland Christmas tree lighting. It's been a bad year for men with long beards from desolate regions of the world MARGARET THATCHER Iron Lady sees Blair's approval rating rise above her Falklands War numbers. Of course, she had to smite the military juggernaut that is Argentina...