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...Jewel Theft...
...least 50 years after the 1997 handover. The terms of the agreement would be strictly monitored by a bilateral Joint Liaison Group, which would be formed once the treaty is signed. The proposed deal apparently satisfied both parties. If Peking could rejoice in the return of the capitalist jewel, London could be pleased that its elusive opponent seemed responsive to so specific and binding an agreement. Said a top British official: "It is the best deal on offer, and we are confident we will be able to sell it to the Hong Kong community...
Until now, the Kuwaitis have been more inclined to pour money into social programs than into defense. The government provides a generous national health plan and free, high-quality education; Kuwait is the jewel of the gulf in intellectual life and social progress. Its enterprising press is the only one in the gulf that is not government-controlled, and its democratically elected National Assembly has been known to pass legislation against the wishes of the ruling Al-Sabah family. But there are fears in the nation that a war crisis would split the country into religious and political factions, destroying...
...modern history," said the eminent Sikh Historian Khushwant Singh. But Mrs. Gandhi apparently felt she had no choice but to attack. Bhindranwale and his followers had stockpiled guns, rifles, antitank missiles, rocket launchers, hand grenades and mortars inside the temple, in grim contrast to the shrine's jewel-like chambers and cupolas. The defenders' stiff resistance ended in slaughter: 259 Sikhs and 59 soldiers killed, an additional 90 Sikhs and 110 soldiers wounded. Unofficial figures placed the dead at more than a thousand...
...news that White had also shot and killed Mayor George Moscone in another part of the building. That automatically propelled her into the mayoralty. Feinstein led stunned San Franciscans through a cathartic week of memorials and candlelight vigils, projecting just the right mixture of grief and hope. "This lovely jewel of a city seems a dark and saddened place," she said at a memorial service. "We need to be together and bring out what is good in each of our hearts...