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...ARRESTED. Gregorio (Gringo) Honasan, 58, former Philippines Senator and army colonel; for his alleged involvement in a February coup attempt against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; in Quezon City. Honasan, the Philippines' self-described "resident adviser on failed coup attempts," led unsuccessful revolts against Ferdinand Marcos and Corazon Aquino in the 1980s, escaped from a prison ship in 1988 and won a Senate seat in 1995 after being granted amnesty. Honasan, who had been in hiding since the failed coup, denied the charges...
...door than you were coming in the door.”Harvard (1-1) takes on Big 10 power Michigan (4-0) at 7 p.m., beginning a three-game, three-year series between the teams. The agreement between the two schools’ athletic departments is a significant coup for Harvard, not only because it has locked a major D-I opponent onto its schedule for the next several years but also because Michigan has agreed to travel to Lavietes for a game in 2007. In general, teams of the Wolverines’ ilk never deign to visit the homes...
...challenging work that raised questions of morality through the stark, visceral imagism of his earlier works “Rashomon” and “Ikiru.”The film revolves around a misunderstanding. A rich businessman is caught in the middle of a company coup and believes that kidnappers have captured his son. He’s ready to bankrupt himself to ensure his son’s safety. Then, learns that his son is actually safe and that it’s his chauffeur’s child who is at risk. Does...
...Ankara. First appointed Premier in 1974, Ecevit held the position four more times over the next 30 years. A left-leaning nationalist, Ecevit's reforms at home were overshadowed by his hawkish foreign policy. Despite international opposition, Ecevit ordered Turkish troops into Cyprus in 1974 following a Greek-backed coup. His intervention split the island in two, and led to decades of deadlock with Greece...
...officials have long feared that legal proceedings against "war criminals" could be used to settle political scores. In 1998, for example, former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet - whose military coup was supported by the Nixon administration - was arrested in the U.K. and held for 16 months in an extradition battle led by a Spanish magistrate seeking to charge him with war crimes. He was ultimately released and returned to Chile. More recently, a Belgian court tried to bring charges against then Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon for alleged crimes against Palestinians...