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Initially, Aquino announced that political detainees would be freed on a case-by-case basis. Those charged with spurious political offenses would be released, but Communist insurgents and those accused of violent crimes would be held for trial. That bothered many of her followers, who felt that she should show at least as much compassion for Marcos' victims as she had for Marcos. The next day Aquino ordered the release of all remaining political prisoners, subject to "certain administrative requirements." However, it was announced that four specific cases, including that of Jose Maria Sison, the 47-year-old head...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa--South Africa yesterday ended the state of emergency that was imposed last July in hopes of quelling Black violence against white rule and said the last 330 of nearly 8000 people detained under it were freed...
...news conference and in separate interviews, freed prisoners spoke of assault and deprivation, tear gas and water-hosings. One of them, 24-year-old Sidney Molekane from Johannesburg's Black township of Soweto, said he was suspended from a broomstick with his hands and feet cuffed together and spun around...
...seized the assets of Dean's group. News International officials claim that 90% of the papers' usual press run is being met, though union leaders contend the figure is closer to 50%. "I feel like a man who has been on a life sentence and has just been freed," said Murdoch. "I feel wonderful...
Little liberal arts colleges everywhere have had a hard slog lately, but the troubles at Nashville's Fisk University, the institution founded in 1866 to give freed slaves a shot at learning, have been particularly poignant. At one point about two years ago, the local utility shut off the gas, forcing the faculty and student body to make do with space heaters brought from home or donated by friends of the college. Another time, food services were discontinued. On paydays, an unfounded rumor among the staff was that the first 20 employees to reach the bank stood a chance...