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...devout Baptist, today's verdict was a dissatisfying conclusion--or disappointing twist--to a five month ordeal that has been marked by prayer with his family, a month-long hunger strike and the study of several languages...
...What is the international community waiting for? The final disaster?" FREDERIC BARDOU, country director of Action Against Hunger, on the lack of international intervention in war-torn Liberia as civilian food supplies run short...
...reluctant to bring in much-needed food and medicine, fearing it will be confiscated if the conflict erupts again. "I can't write to my boss and say, 'Send me more expatriates and 200 tons of supplies,'" says Frédéric Bardou, country director of Action Against Hunger. "We don't have enough stability." As the Nigerian peacekeepers made a tour of the capital, hundreds of Liberians chanted: "No more looting. We want peace." They may have to wait a bit longer before they get their wish...
...border cracked down on terrorism like never before. McKevitt joined the Provisional I.R.A. in the early '70s, rising quickly through the ranks and becoming quartermaster, the man responsible for arms procurement. McKevitt's long-term relationship with Bernadette Sands - the sister of I.R.A. martyr Bobby Sands, who died on hunger strike in 1981 - gave him a potency among I.R.A. volunteers that he might not otherwise have enjoyed, so when he split from the Provisional I.R.A. many followed. McKevitt's conviction was based largely on evidence provided by David Rupert, an American who infiltrated the Real I.R.A. on behalf...
...Cross on Sept. 13: "I have been at this place day by day without knowing why I am here, how long I am going to stay, and where I am going to go after this. I sit, eat, sleep and do nothing." The indefinite solitary confinement has prompted hunger strikes and 28 suicide attempts. The last time British intelligence agents flew in to question Abbasi, he stayed mum for over an hour - though they couldn't say whether he was stonewalling or mentally disturbed. A mental health facility opened in March and now houses about 20 captives judged...