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After nearly two weeks of fruitless efforts to dock in Portugal, a Dutch "abortion ship" gave up and headed home - accompanied by the two Portuguese navy gunboats that had been its escort since the conservative government barred it on Aug. 27. But Rebecca Gomperts, head of Women on Waves, the group that runs the boat and had planned to distribute the RU-486 abortion pill on board, said it accomplished its main objective of "bringing the abortion issue to the fore." The Borndiep's offshore stay certainly made headlines - helped by Gomperts' appearance on Portuguese TV to explain...
...patrolling officer observed a small boat near the dock of Weld Boathouse. The boat fled at a high rate of speed as the officer approached. A search of the area by several officers failed to locate the boat...
...Despots, Old and New Re Michael Byers' viewpoint "Dictators in the Dock" [July 19], why can't we punish Saddam and let him live, provided he agrees to cooperate with the new Iraqi government? He is responsible for the crisis in Iraq, so let him fix the things he destroyed. Let the Iraqis vent their anger on the person who made them suffer, instead of on coalition troops. Saddam's dictatorship is gone forever, and killing him is not a solution. Why not let him become - under strict supervision - an adviser to the new Iraq? For years...
...carefully thought-out views. Please stop underestimating Americans' attention span. We can and will listen to reason when someone bothers to present it to us. In fact, we're starving for it. Peggy Harris St. James City, Florida, U.S. Despots, Old and New Michael Byers' viewpoint "Dictators In The Dock" [July 19] discussed the war-crimes trials of Slobodan Milosevic and Saddam Hussein. Just as dangerous are the leaders of Cuba and Russia. I am undecided which one is (or will be) more dangerous to humanity, Fidel Castro or Vladimir Putin. Because of Castro's advanced age, Putin is more...
...moment we arrived on the island it started to pour, and we had to scrap all the meaningful and rewarding team-building activities we had planned as we waited under a wooden shelter by the dock for the rain to subside...