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...more than 200,000 lives had its catalyst. On a quiet evening two months ago, a French-made Mystere-Falcon carrying President Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and the President of Burundi from peace talks in Tanzania was hit by rocket fire and slammed into the earth just outside the compound, killing all 10 on board. The impact blasted bodies and wreckage more than 500 ft., through a perimeter wall and up to the steps of the house where Habyarimana's wife and family were awaiting his return. "At least," observed a rebel soldier now guarding the site, "it brought...
...state should expeditiously acknowledge the full extent of their responsibility for the Fernald experiments and should be forthcoming with substantial financial compensation that includes lifelong health care for the victims. Refusing to do so--and extending this saga further through legal maneuvers and court battles--would only compound the tragedy of the crimes that were committed. February...
...priests: St. Luke Institute in Maryland and the facility operated by the Servants of the Paraclete in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. At St. Luke the regimen involves breaking down denial and incorporates 12-step programs to control sexual addictions. It also provides drug therapy involving Depo-Provera, a synthetic compound, similar to the female hormone progesterone that lowers the sex drive. In its nine years St. Luke has treated 137 priests for pedophilia and ephebophilia, the sexual obsession with postpubescent children. The center operated by the Servants of the Paraclete has treated about 400 clergymen for "psychosexual issues" over...
Nixon, they hint slyly, was whisked to New York Hospital shortly after suffering a stroke and was quickly isolated form all but a few visitors. His death was no sooner reported than "the body" was flown out to the Nixon compound (or "library" as it has been code named...
Rwandans packed into Kigali's hotels, huddling in the dark hallways without food or beds, hoping the few foreigners there would protect them. Their terror only increased as the foreigners slipped away. At a hilltop compound for the insane, a group of Belgian nuns and lay brothers abandoned 200 of their patients in a desperate rush to escape. For days the clinic had been surrounded by bands of machete-armed Hutu men. The foreigners had little doubt about the future of their patients or the 500 Tutsis who had come for refuge $ from the fighting outside. "They're finished," said...