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Responding to Sunday's suicide bombing in Israel, President Clinton has frozen the U.S. assets of 12 terrorist groups and 18 individuals believed to be associated with terrorist organizations. White House officials also plan to launch a broader initiative against terrorists and drug smugglers, including tougher checks on suspected terrorists at U.S. entry points. Clinton's order targets a laundry list of the infamous. Among them: Islamic Jihad, thought responsible for Sunday's killing of 19 Israelis; Hizbollah, suspected in the 1983 suicide bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut; Abu Nidal; Hamas; Black September; the Fatah Revolutionary Council...
...Park Service and the King family over a new visitor center being built on the Martin Luther King historic site -- a 23-acre parcel that encompasses the birth home, the Ebenezer Baptist Church, King's tomb and the family-run King Center for Nonviolent Social Change. But in a broader sense, it was symbolic of the troubles that have beset the legacy of the slain civil rights leader in his hometown even as the U.S. prepares to celebrate his birthday next week...
...Whoever takes this job has to love working with students," Griffith said. "He or she has to be sensitive to what it is like at [age] 18...and also have a respect for the broader University...
...Simply because Harvard is non-denominational, it seems much more diverse, and much broader in the spectrum of different religions and ideas," Bham says...
Rubie Watson, associate curator at the Peabody, says the museum is trying to appeal to a broader community than just the academics and professionals...