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...called the U.N. vote "arbitrary, iniquitous and in violation of international rights." He also, redundantly, suspended Haitian's civil liberties and transferred emergency power to the military. In Washington, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Madeline Albright said the military rulers could leave "voluntarily and soon or involuntarily and soon." BTW: The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that it intercepted 16,019 Haitian boat people in July, setting a new monthly record for the total picked...
...peacekeeping official complained today. Undersecretary-General Kofi Annan said the troops should "be deployed at full strength rapidly" to help steer the Rwandan refugees back home. For now, the mostly Canadian U.N. force is mostly on its own until 4,000 or more U.S. troops arrive within days. BTW: Americans have contributed at least $39 million in aid to Rwandan refugees this month, from $1 donations from 11 senior citizens to $30 million in medicine from pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co. The last time Americans pitched in on this scale: $100 million during the Ethiopian famine...
...workplace. The Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics, which looked at all U.S. crimes from 1987 through 1992, says that includes 16 percent of assaults, 8 percent of rapes and 7 percent of robberies, resulting in annual losses of about 1.8 million workdays and $55 million in wages. BTW: Other studies indicate that 4 percent of homicides occur at work...
...Angeles that he was "absolutely, 100 percent not guilty" of killing either his ex-wife or Ron Goldman. About the only thing surprising about this declaration was O.J.'s attitude: he shook his head firmly as he spoke--a dramatic change from his morose mood during his preliminary hearing. BTW: O.J.'s defense hot line seems to be a hit. In its first day of operation it averaged 100 calls a minute.WHAT DO YOU THINK? According to a recent TIME/CNN poll, blacks and whites disagree sharply on the kind of justice O.J. Simpson can expect. Two-thirds of whites polled...
...Supreme Court. Why? It's the first serious test of whether obscenity laws based on community standards still make sense when pornography flows through cyberspace. If convicted, Robert and Carleen Thomas, who run the Amateur Action Bulletin Board System from Milpitas, Calif., face 50 years in prison. BTW: It's no surprise the charges arose in Memphis, Net watchers note. Prosecutors there made headlines in the 1970s when they went after the cast and producers of the first real mainstream X-rated movie, "Deep Throat," which also was distributed across state lines...