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Paul won the award for his courage despite government intimidation after the September 1991 coup in Haiti and for his reporting on local official corruption, the foundation said Tuesday...
Paul, a reporter with Radio Antilles Internationale in Haiti, was arrested and beaten during the coup, according to the foundation. He was released when a judge dismissed charges against him for lack of evidence. From our wire services...
...deliver a bit of treacle like "Love Letters" with strings and still be subversive is the ultimate coup. Am I Not Your Girl deserves a standing...
...worked as a movie executive. Selig used to be a car salesman. Somewhere between the fantasy of the first job and the reality of the second -- between a field of dreams and a parking lot full of lemons -- lies the future of baseball. It will take more than a coup to keep America's pastime from doddering past its time...
Marking the first anniversary of the aborted hard-line coup in Moscow, Yeltsin announced that he will begin by giving each of the country's 147.3 million people a share in the national wealth. "All residents of Russia," he said, "will get free of charge a check for 10,000 rubles." These vouchers -- worth about $62 at the current exchange rate, or more than $9 billion in all -- are to be issued on Oct. 1. They will entitle the recipient to buy stock in businesses the state owns...