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...that Catholics, backed by the Irish Republican Army, are manufacturing the scenes at Holy Cross by insisting upon taking their children to school on a Protestant street, rather than a longer but neutral back way. They see it all as part of a campaign to force them out and divert blame for the I.R.A.'s failure to disarm. Catholic parents say the attacks are based purely on bigotry. Some parents chose the less contentious route recommended by school officials or kept their daughters out of school entirely. But the number of children walking to school between rows of armor-clad...
...LANKA A New Offer The government made a surprise announcement that it would consider signing a cease-fire agreement with Tamil Tiger separatists ahead of a new round of peace talks. But the rebels dismissed the olive branch as a ploy to divert attention from a political crisis faced by President Chandrika Kumaratunga's ruling party. Kumaratunga suspended Parliament in July to avoid a no-confidence vote after losing her parliamentary majority...
...lava be stopped? Some 70 bulldozers have been used to build earthen walls to divert lava away from inhabited areas, while planes and helicopters have dropped water to slow its advance. And there's always prayer. Carmelo Cavallaro, the parish priest of Nicolosi, who led the faithful in seeking divine intercession, says, "Faith can move mountains." What he should have said: Faith can move mountains that move...
Lurking behind the accounting battle is an even hotter argument about whether private investment accounts are an idea whose time has come. Bush believes the best way to ensure that boomers have enough money for retirement is to allow them to divert about a sixth of their payroll taxes into the financial markets in search of higher returns. Most Democrats say such a roll of the dice could create a new generation of aged poor--and the Dow and NASDAQ have recently been acting like Democratic allies. So the party dug in its heels last week, as Senate majority leader...
...with a prostitute. NATURALIZED. VICTOR ARITOMI, 64, former Peruvian envoy to Japan and brother-in-law of ex-President Alberto Fujimori, as a Japanese citizen; in Tokyo. Aritomi, who gave up Japanese citizenship 10 years ago, is now shielded from standing trial for allegedly helping Fujimori divert $15 million as a "golden parachute" payment to spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos. ELECTED. JACQUES ROGGE, 59, as president of the International Olympic Committee; in Moscow. A Belgian-born orthopedic surgeon and three-time Olympic sailor, he will oversee i.o.c. reforms in light of the Salt Lake City bribery scandal...