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...peace talks appeared on the verge of a breakthrough last summer, the New York Times reported of 90 two- and three-week summer camp programs attended by 25,000 Palestinian teenagers on the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip. Run by aides of Yasir Arafat, it was not your usual camp. Campers are given "the chance to stage a mock kidnapping of an Israeli leader by masked Palestinian commandos, ending with the Israeli bodyguards sprawled dead on the ground," the Times reported. "There is the opportunity to excel in stripping and reassembling a real Kalashnikov rifle." No doubt...
...Billboard's U.S. chart. But Germany fell for the song, and bsb fever swept Europe. The Boys had an edge that bands like Boyzone didn't, and Europeans - well, teenage girls at least - loved it. By mid-'97, America wanted some bsb too, and Quit Playing Games was their breakthrough, Martin's first...
...Play Now. The two cyberpals agreed to meet at a bank across from the Taipei Railway Station. Police had already found Lin's discarded backpack in a trashbin near the station. Inside was a bus ticket confirming that the student traveled to the station at 7:32 that evening. Breakthrough: the victim was linked to the chat room...
...critical success north of the border, and established the band's status as the pride and joy of the Canadian alt-rock scene. OLP's 1997 effort, Clumsy, avoided the dreaded second album jinx and, in addition to its quadruple-platinum status in Canada, led to the band's breakthrough in the U.S. with the catchy, angst-ridden singles "Clumsy" and "Superman's Dead." The band's muscular, guitar-driven melodies and their reputation for solid live performances won them rave reviews, and the album was certified gold in the States less than a year after its release...
...guidelines, drawn up after the Clinton administration received more than 50,000 suggestions and comments from the public, would require health care providers to get patients' written consent before using or disclosing any information in their medical records. In a breakthrough for patients' rights groups, patients would also have a federal right to review and copy their own medical records, and to make corrections. Patients could also demand a complete list of the people who had seen their medical records - lists that would be kept by the health care providers...