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...Palestinians on Jewish soldiers and civilians. It hasn't worked, as evidenced by the casualties so far this month: 10 Israelis killed and 14 wounded. Clashes between protesters and security forces have also left nine Palestinians dead and some 400 injured. The expulsion of Hamas' political leadership has only freed its young gunmen to act more violently. "Now we need not have long discussions about the consequences of acting," says a field leader. "We just go ahead...
Although the kidnapping of Humberto Alvarez Machain, a Guadalajara gynecologist, severely strained U.S.-Mexican relations, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he could be tried in Los Angeles. Now, though, he has been freed by District Judge Edward Rafeedie, who ruled that there was no direct evidence that Alvarez participated in the 1985 murder of Drug Enforcement Administration operative Enrique Camarena. Alvarez admitted being in the house where Camarena was tortured and killed, but a Mexican policeman reported to the American FBI that another physician had also been there. Mexican President Salinas hailed Alvarez's release as a "correction...
...pest and a nuisance. In response, millions of Chinese took to the streets, banging on woks and pans to terrify the birds. The idea: force them to stay aloft until they dropped dead of exhaustion. They did just that. The campaign was halted after an infestation of caterpillars, now freed of their feathered predators, devoured the crops, enveloped the trees and rained down upon pedestrians. In that same grand tradition of meddling with nature, Alaska has declared an air war against hundreds of wolves in an effort to boost already abundant populations of caribou and moose. And all to impress...
...past 11 months, Yeltsin has freed prices of consumer goods and begun selling state property into private hands. But the reforms have ripped Russia's social safety net, worsening inflation, unemployment and standards of living and even creating nostalgia for communist rule. To go forward, officials must next settle the fate of thousands of outmoded factories, where millions of workers produce heavy goods ranging from T-72 tanks to rolled steel. While the reformers want to halt government subsidies to the state- owned dinosaurs and let them die out, opponents argue that the shutdowns would devastate entire regions that totally...
...were disappointed this weekend, but we're all optimistic for next season," said Kim. "Last year we didn't even make it to Easterns, and with this being Coach Freed's first year, it was a pretty amazing season. We should only get better...