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...onslaught was waged in large measure by members of the Waffen (Weapons) SS, the combat branch of the Third Reich's elite guard. Forty-seven of those buried at Bitburg were members of the SS, which is clearly marked on many headstones. Most of those 47 SS casualties were between the ages of 17 and 20 when they died, though some were reportedly over...
...nuclear-armed or -powered ships, said he would consider sending a New Zealand naval vessel to lead the Mururoa protest. The Rainbow Warrior was one of four ships used by Greenpeace, an international environmentalist group. "Our actions are all peaceful," said Bryn Jones, chairman of the organization's British branch. "We have not in the past provoked this kind of response...
...still remains unclear who condoned the practice, which was carried out by at least 23 Hutton branch offices. Hutton Chairman Robert Fomon defends his senior officers. Says he: "I have no reason to believe that any members of top management were involved...
Among the 18 documents is additional corporate correspondence that could question Ball's claim of innocence. A memo dated May 12, 1981, praised one branch manager who earned $30,000 a month in interest through check overdrafting. That profit fell to $10,000 a month when the branch changed cashiers. In June 1981, Ball wrote a covering note to the memo, addressed to regional offices. He noted tersely: "A point well worth remembering, and acting...
More than two months have passed since 8 million Iraqis braved death to go to the polls, but still they have no new government. The new National Assembly met for a second time on Tuesday, with agreement on the makeup of a new executive branch as elusive as ever. So deep was the discord, in fact, that the Assembly failed even to choose a Speaker. Instead of showing signs of progress to an increasingly impatient electorate, the session portrayed the new legislature as a hung parliament. As tempers flared among legislators, TV coverage was cut off in order to stop...