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Amid joy and cheering from the local populace, Israel completed the first stage of its planned three-phase withdrawal from Lebanon two weeks ago. But in the army's wake came new visitors to raise ominous questions about the region's future. Two days after the last Israeli convoy of some 40 vehicles had left Sidon (pop. 200,000), the largest city in southern Lebanon, there was a brief invasion of another kind. Into Sidon, by bus from Beirut, came a ragtag army of Shi'ite Muslim militants, swearing vengeance against Israel and Lebanon's Christian leadership and vowing...
...watched Indira Gandhi one afternoon, as she slowly drove down to one of the military units in my hometown in South India. People lined the streets and waved as always. Traffic came to a standstill as the official convoy went by. In the hot Indian sunshine, she seemed tireless and determined, her strong features and white-streaked hair lent her an air of invincibility. To me, she embodied the strength of India, its achievements, its aspirations and its very spirit. For many Indians, there is today a personal sense of loss. Indira was not always one of the world...
...clothing and medical supplies arrived last week in the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea. The delivery fulfilled North Korea's pledge to send "relief aid" to the flood-ravaged South, where heavy rains have left 207,000 homeless and caused $200 million in damage. The convoy also marked a dramatic break in the history of bitterness between the two countries, which have had virtually no dealings with each other since the end of World...
Before the seven-truck convoy of Ugandan soldiers moved into Namu-gongo, the village was known primarily for its shrine commemorating the martyrdom of 45 Christians who were burned alive in 1885. But in a modern-day massacre, by the time the troops left last May they had ransacked the town, executed an Anglican priest and tortured and killed as many as 100 villagers. When army units swept north through the Karamoja region, there were reports of more atrocities. After driving more than 20,000 farmers and cattle breeders from their homes, the soldiers obliterated villages, killed livestock and destroyed...
...week, anxiously awaited the finals between its women's volleyball team, world champions in 1982, and the U.S. Factories and offices came to a stop for a live telecast. When China clinched the gold, the country erupted in joy. Fireworks rocketed into the sky. In Peking an impromptu convoy of bicyclists waving flags headed for the U.S. embassy; security guards kept them from getting too close, but the crowd was in a jubilant mood. Even matters of state were momentarily put aside: the volleyball result was passed on to Communist Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang in the midst...