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DIED. BEN METCALFE, 83, persistent, pestering early environmental activist who helped found a tiny protest group, the Don't Make a Wave Committee, that turned into Greenpeace, now an international organization with 3 million members; of a heart attack; on Vancouver Island, British Columbia...
MONEY American military assistance to the Philippines has jumped from $38 million in 2001 to $114 million this year?making it the fourth largest recipient of U.S. military aid. Last week President Bush promised development money for the southern island of Mindanao if a peace pact can be secured between Manila and the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front...
There was nothing furtive about the dozen or so men who checked into the Sardonyx Plaza hotel in the city of Cotabato on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Oct. 1. Their leader, a small, cherubic-looking young man who signed the register as Eric Yacub, said more men would be joining them the next day. The group then ate a hearty dinner, ordering food "like there was no tomorrow," recalls hotel employee Marietta Sandayen. As it transpired, there wouldn't be much of a tomorrow for Yacub?at least, not the kind of day he was expecting. Around...
...have the resources or the navy to protect them, so [terrorists] come and go at will." Other senior government officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, say materials gathered from the safe houses indicate that there are "hundreds" of "heavily armed and well-financed" JI members on the island of Mindanao. Most of these operatives are Indonesian, reveals an official who has access to classified intelligence reports. "They are a parasite in our midst," the official says. "We have to recognize this problem openly and deal with it, or it will get worse and worse...
...Crimson will travel to Rhode Island on Wednesday to take on Providence. The Friars—who are ranked No. 7 in New England—recently tied No. 14 Brown, which beat the Crimson 3-0 last Saturday...