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...response to an audience member’s question Galbraith said that he had significant doubts about America’s attempt to crackdown on drugs through legal action, comparing it to the Prohibition of his youth...
...assault on the Jenin refugee camp, the deaths of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza and infrastructure damage. The Palestinian leader later toured Ramallah, smiling and waving. Israel lifted its siege after he acquiesced in the jailing of six wanted men. As Israeli troops entered Nablus in a crackdown on "terrorism," diplomatic efforts went on. But the U.N., citing Israeli noncooperation, abandoned plans to conduct a Jenin inquiry...
...calmly done cleansing of the population." Rugova, who sparred verbally with the former Yugoslav leader, is the highest-ranking prosecution witness so far. The charges against Milosevic include responsibility for the deaths of more than 900 Kosovars and the expulsion of 80,000 in a crackdown that drew in NATO forces...
Industry watchers expect the FDA to take some kind of action within the next few weeks. At least one pharmacy that had been producing its own pops--compounding them, in the jargon of the trade--and selling them over the counter, isn't waiting for the FDA crackdown. "This was our first venture into otc compounding," says William Johns, owner of Peoples Custom Rx in Memphis, Tenn. "I've decided we will sell them only by prescription until this all gets sorted...
...crackdown could just as easily backfire by boosting popular sympathy for Arafat and rallying the sometimes disparate Palestinian groups to join forces against the occupying enemy. Last week Palestinian militant groups lined up to back Arafat and threaten Israel with more violence. Hamas declared that radical Islamic and secular factions had agreed to coordinate efforts. Another extremist group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, announced that "every Israeli--inside and outside Israel--is a target." Even some Israelis thought Sharon's Ramallah venture would only worsen matters. Said Yossi Beilin, a member of Israel's center-left Labor...