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...that more than 2 million people have been infected with the AIDS virus, the disease strikes men and women equally. AIDS is spread among adult Africans primarily by vaginal intercourse, and it is rampant in the large, overcrowded cities of central and western Africa. Most AIDS researchers, however, now dismiss the suggestion that Africa might serve as a model for the heterosexual spread of AIDS in the U.S. For one thing, promiscuity and prostitution are common in parts of Africa, and general standards of hygiene and medical care are low. Scientists believe widespread venereal diseases in Africa also contribute...
However, the judge did not dismiss the indictment against Younis, who is the first person to be charged under a 1984 federal hostage-taking statute that gives the U.S. jurisdiction over terrorist acts overseas involving American citizens. His trial is scheduled to begin March...
They soon found out. Moving swiftly on Noriega's behalf, the National Assembly met in an emergency 1:15 a.m. session. In a ten-minute gathering attended by 38 of the body's 67 lawmakers, members voted unanimously to dismiss Delvalle, hitherto regarded as a Noriega puppet, and Vice President Roderick Esquivel. Though Delvalle insisted that he still held office, Education Minister Manuel Solis Palma, 71, was sworn in as President before dawn. Panama's military leaders left no doubt as to where they stood. Colonel Marcos Justines, whom Delvalle had named to succeed Noriega as chief of the Panamanian...
...specifics," said White House Spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. "We want a realistic assessment of what the problem is and how much it's going to cost, and it sounds like that's what they're going to give us." Says Domestic Policy Adviser Gary Bauer: "We wouldn't dismiss anything just because of the cost." Still, skeptics doubt whether the President or Congress will really use the ambitious blueprint as a guide. Watkins professes to be unconcerned. "It's not in our charter to worry about the political impact," he said. "There has not been a national strategy. The national policy...
...broker a solution at this point, Kissinger believes, the U.S. may do harm to its position as a neutral arbiter. "If Shultz doesn't watch his step," Kissinger warns, "he'll have the worst of all worlds. The Israelis will blame him for betrayal, and the Arabs will dismiss him as Israel's lawyer...