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...dissent of a few countries, notably Botswana, the Union merely passed a feeble resolution suggesting a government of national unity, which Mugabe in any case would not accept. It is tragic that the A.U. ignored the opportunity to take drastic action. Instead, it has lost whatever credibility it had. Edward R.C. Preston, AUCKLAND...
...ancient Greek and Roman mariners, and West Europeans weathered Viking onslaughts during the Middle Ages. In the 16th and 17th centuries, monarchs frustrated by Spain's dominance of the Caribbean commissioned privateers to harass the Spanish fleet--helping to usher in piracy's golden age, when swashbuckling marauders like Edward (Blackbeard) Teach roamed the sun-splashed islands, plundering gold and silver...
...Twilight is the story of a teenage girl, Bella (Kristen Stewart), who falls in love with a vampire, Edward (Robert Pattinson). When Stewart and Pattinson took the stage, the deafening squeals of the Twihards - Meyer's ardent readers, chiefly young and female - reverberated through the San Diego Convention Center's 6,500-seat Hall H. With Meyer's 7th book due out in early August and the film opening in December, the Twihards are in a lather - a phenomenon not lost on the film's stars. "This is kind of the first time I've seen any of them," said...
...their own voluntary standards, which they expect will promote integrity among their competitors. The companies said they will collaborate with the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC), an educational nonprofit, to create the guidelines. They plan to present a draft of the new rules at a PMC conference in December, says Edward Abrahams, PMC's executive director...
...battalion commander in the 1961 U.S.-supported Bay of Pigs invasion, which sought to overthrow Fidel Castro, and the second-to-last prisoner being held; after serving 25 years of a 30- year sentence; from a Havana prison. Montero Duque flew to Florida with aides of Senator Edward Kennedy; with others, Kennedy was credited with effecting the release. The prospects for the remaining prisoner, Ramon Conte Hernandez, are unknown...