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When the United States granted the Ethiopians asylum, Argaw says, they started coming in droves...

Author: By Daniela J. Lamas, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The New Dilemma: Move up? Move out? | 12/13/2000 | See Source »

...Charenton Insane Asylum, the Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush) has a nice life--good food, good wine, the ability to smuggle his dirty books out to his publisher via a sympathetic chambermaid (Kate Winslet). But he offends Napoleon, who orders an alienist (Michael Caine) to cure him or kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Soft-Gore Porn | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...Fidelity's has the online advantages of allowing donors to view their accounts and make grant recommendations. They also offer more flexibility in choosing an investment strategy. Still, no matter how you slice it, either is a win-win solution for those wanting to improve their communities while gaining asylum from capital-gains taxes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Brief: Nov. 27, 2000 | 11/27/2000 | See Source »

...aide, intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos, bribing a member of congress. Fujimori has indicated he has no immediate plans to return to Peru from Japan - as the son of Japanese immigrants to Latin America, he's entitled to live in Japan and wouldn't need to be granted asylum. Besides, he's regarded as something of a hero in Tokyo after supervising a raid on Japan's embassy in Peru four years ago after it had been captured by leftist guerrillas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru Braces for Turmoil | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...over. Opposition legislators have questioned the credentials of Marquez, a close ally of Fujimori, and his path to the presidency remains constitutionally murky. First in line would be the first vice president, Francisco Tudela, who resigned last month following Montesinos?s return to Peru from a failed bid for asylum in Panama. But the legislature has not yet accepted Tudela?s resignation. Such discord among civilian politicians is just the sort of thing that gets the military a little edgy, and although its commanders released a statement at the weekend that they would support any constitutional change of power, there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru Braces for Turmoil | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

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