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...enclaves lining the waterfront, Miami comprises largely the kind of inner-city neighborhoods that never make it into the tourist brochures. Middle-class flight--first of whites and now of Cubans--has made Miami increasingly a city of struggling, often illegal immigrants from Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. The downtown business district, which pays about 30% of Miami's taxes, is losing patience. "Taxes in Miami are twice what they are in the county, police and sanitation services are poor, and increasingly businesses don't see it as worth it," says Gene Stearns, a Miami lawyer and community activist...
...needed to get a referendum on the ballot in the next few months that would break up the city into Dade County. "You don't abolish the citizens, you don't abolish the streets and sidewalks. You abolish a political system that isn't working," says Rafael Kapustin, a downtown businessman...
Tens of thousands of students, intellectuals and elderly citizens had poured into the streets of downtown Belgrade to celebrate their election victory when, on Nov. 21, the court rulings turned their joy to outrage. In an afternoon ritual that showed no sign of abating, they pelted Milosevic's ministries with snowballs, eggs and paper airplanes while serenading his government's empty office windows with catcalls, whistles, kazoos and jeers. Prominent among them was Djindjic, 44, his charisma, intellect and charm suddenly allowed full play in what had become not only a Serbian theater but also a world forum. Foreigners were...
Harvard continued its season-long struggle from three-point range, hitting only 2-of-20 shots from downtown. In addition to the Crimson's three-point woes, Harvard has yet to find a player to take the scoring burden off of co-captain Jessica Gelman and Feaster, who have been forced to shoot more this season due to their teammates reluctance to take the open shot. Against Arizona, the duo combined to shoot just 8-of-27 from the field...
HONG KONG: At least 39 people were killed and more than 80 injured as flames roared through a downtown high-rise in the worst fire in Hong Kong in 39 years. The fire which began Wednesday burned for 21 hours before being brought under control by firefighters. The search for victims continues Thursday. Fire department officials say the blaze probably started when welding sparks, used during elevator renovation, ignited combustible material at the bottom of a shaft, causing the fire to spread from the basement to the 13th and 14th floors. For security reasons, the 21-year-old building...