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BRUSSELS, Belgium: Its a horror story that could have come from 'The Silence Of The Lambs.' Belgians are reeling from shock and anger over the discovery Saturday of the bodies of two long-missing eight-year-old girls, dug up from a makeshift grave, and the rescue of two other kidnapped teens from the basement dungeon of the suspect, a convicted child rapist who had been released early on parole. Handyman Marc Dutroux, whose confession led police to the bodies of the two dead girls, admitted he kidnapped two other missing teenaged girls, and a search is underway for their...
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Its a horror story that could have come from 'The Silence Of The Lambs.' Belgians are reeling from shock and anger over the discovery Saturday of the bodies of two long-missing eight-year-old girls, dug up from a makeshift grave, and the rescue of two other kidnapped teens from the basement dungeon of the suspect, a convicted child rapist who had been released early on parole. Handyman Marc Dutroux, whose confession led police to the bodies of the two dead girls, admitted he kidnapped two other missing teenaged girls, and a search is underway for their...
Independence ushered in a new, bloodier era. With the dissolution of the monarchies and removal of an external Belgian military force, the struggle for power became more overtly ethnic at all levels of society. At this point, Rwanda and Burundi took different paths. In 1959 Rwandan Hutu launched a murderous uprising and forced the creation of a majority-controlled republic, which survived until 1994. In Burundi, by contrast, the Tutsi remained in control. Both armies were dominated by the ruling tribe and did not hesitate to suppress uprisings by the opposing ethnic group. Peasant revolts in Burundi...
Americans set a world record in the men's 4x100-m medley relay but none in individual events. That was left to a Russian, Denis Pankratov, who swam the 100-m butterfly in 52.27 sec.; a Belgian, Fred DeBurghgraeve, who churned through the 100-m breaststroke in 1:00.60; and a South African, Penelope Heyns, who broke her own world record in the 100-m breaststroke at 1:07.02 and went on to win a second gold in the 200-m event--the first swimming medals won by South Africa since it was barred from the Games for its policies...
...indeed," the Belgian says. "Kabaddikabaddikabaddi...