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Travelers familiar with the loose safety arrangements at Caracas' Simón Bolivar Airport were not surprised that the two men were able to board the Aeropostal flight carrying pistols. However, the Air France hijackers eluded security checks at Frankfurt International Airport, which boasts some of the toughest safeguards in the world. No airport X-ray machine or magnetic scanner can detect the liquid explosives the men carried. Moreover, some hostages believe the guns were in a mysterious bag delivered to the hijackers by Iranians at the Tehran airport...
Public response in South America to the visit was overwhelmingly positive Uruguayan people shouted "Long live the democratic king!" to the dismay of the country's military government and Venezuela gave him the Bolivar Medal in honor of "the Liberator," Simon Bolivar...
Wednesday. The Justice Department petitioned federal courts to intervene in two suits charging that redistricting plans in two Mississippi counties are racially discriminatory. The move could delay elections scheduled in Bolivar and Adams counties on Aug. 2. The department is also considering court action in eleven other counties...
...piracy is no longer the unusual crime it used to be, but one case in Venezuela last week merits dubious note. In a rare triple hijack, two Aeropostal Airlines flights and one Venezuelan Airways (Avensa) flight were seized shortly after leaving Caracas' Simon Bolivar International Airport. Eleven hijackers, believed to be members of Venezuela's Red Flag terrorist group and representing various leftist causes, got through airport security by passing themselves off as a band of musicians. They boarded the aircraft carrying grenades and automatic weapons concealed in instrument cases. No sooner had the FASTEN SEAT BELT signs...
There are four elements to the Bolivar model. First, the Bolivar project was based on clear, agreed-upon principles that have to do with balancing human development with effectiveness. The principles stressed job security, equity in rewards and job assignments, participation in decisions that affect people--starting with the nature of the work itself and concern for individual development...