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...heir to an Australian fortune. Margaret has been linked to three mysterious deaths. She was the last person to see alive her grandmother, her schoolteacher and a nun at the convent where she went to atone for the death of the first two. Now she would be happy to dispatch her wealthy mother-in-law, Hilda Damien, who is expected for dessert...
...Japan's inaction in the gulf, proposed creating a unit of nonmilitary personnel, similar to Scandinavian peacekeeping forces, which could be sent overseas in response to a U.N. request. Rallying public support for even this modified plan may be just as difficult. The poll found 54% opposed to the dispatch of anyone to a war zone...
...Peace Cooperation Corps" that could be sent overseas in response to resolutions by the world organization. That notion appeared unexceptionable, since Japan has long been a strong advocate of the U.N.; yet the bill generated a furious debate. The reason: the proposed law would allow the Prime Minister to dispatch units of the armed forces to foreign soil for the first time since...
...convince doubters that the bill provides safeguards against abuse, though politicians are weary and the public is skeptical. The choice is difficult. If Japan decides not to send troops, it risks being accused by its allies of hiding behind the constitution to avoid global responsibilities. If it does dispatch soldiers, it could provoke dark visions from the past and apprehensions for the future...
...nonaligned group agreed that the U.N. Secretary-General should dispatch a team of envoys on a fact-finding mission to the occupied territories. The Yemeni draft had called for the team also to recommend ways of ensuring the protection of Palestinians there, a proposal the U.S. successfully fought off. Washington does not want the U.N. directly involved in the management of the Palestinian problem...