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...Maya Indians dressed in colorful garb and carrying religious images were nervously returning to the village of Acteal, where the slaughter took place. "We came back because this is where we're from," said survivor Diego Perez, 32, blinking back tears as he recalled how his father, brother and aunt were killed in cold blood in front of him that day. "But it's hard to feel safe here." In fact, even as government soldiers blanketed the region near Acteal, some 5,000 frightened peasants clogged the Chiapas roads seeking refuge in larger towns...
...reason or another," he says. "I got to the United States, and I expected there would be some of the same because I was an immigrant. And there wasn't." From his spot in a cramped one-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn, where he was housed by an aunt and uncle who had left Hungary in the '30s, Grove devoured Eisenhower's America...
Makers of 10-best lists have to look back, but in 1997 art, science and commerce looked way back. These pages could be a catalog for your Aunt Maud's garage sale...
...Adam Dalgliesh's investigation into the mysterious affairs. A Certain Justice follows this recipe--but in this case, there are two murders that must be solved. The novel, strangely enough, begins with a trial--the strong, stubborn Venetia Aldridge is defending Garry Ashe on charges of brutally killing his aunt. Aldrige knows that Ashe is guilty, but she's learned over the years that winning is always the goal. There is no room in Aldrige's mind for even a semblance of a conscience. She lies, grandstands and manipulates in order to get Ashe off--and indeed she does...
...year-old philanthropist faces a major lawsuit filed by the heirs of Holocaust victims who claim that the painting was stolen from their relatives by the Nazis. "My family was murdered, their possessions destroyed or stolen," says Simon Goodman, a Los Angeles businessman who, together with his brother and aunt, is suing Searle. "These works are all that is left of our heritage, so we want the painting back." The two sides are holding talks that, if not successful, will set the stage for what is likely to be an acrimonious trial early next year...