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...Arafat cronies have established virtual monopolies in a number of commodities (for instance, cement), channeling part of the revenue to the P.A. and pocketing the rest. Petty forms of corruption are common--and just as galling. Palestinian police are notorious for confiscating goods--such as stolen items or expired food products--and then reselling them to another merchant, or even back to the original offender...
...were walking over a bridge and saw a cement area with nasty sewage leaking out," Paul said. "Later we saw emergency vehicles there...
...their resolve to stick to the provisions of the Dayton Peace Accords, but the International Crisis Group, an independent think-tank, is urging a delay. ICG held press conferences Wednesday in London and Sarajevo to argue that the collapse of any semblance of democracy in Bosnia threatens to cement the ethnic division that sparked the war in the first place. The group's opinion carries significant weight, as its chairman is highly-regarded former Senate majority leader George Mitchell, now President Clinton's adviser for Northern Ireland. "In all parts of Bosnia, there is no freedom of expression, no free...
...this street, ya know." The heavyset woman hosing down her trash cans refers to the onrushing traffic to and from the Coast Guard station, where the police, the politicians, the FBI and the press have their separate clusters and where bodies are being brought by boat to the cement pier...
...taken the American Eagle bus from Boston's sparkling new South Station Terminal to crumbling downtown New Bedford understands the gap that exists in Massachusetts. Standing on Atlantic Avenue in downtown Boston during rush hour, life whips by as throngs of commuters cross paths with jack hammers and cement truck rebuilding Boston...