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...shred of confetti hit the ground. Local sports columnists claimed that as many as half the players on the team from Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines were over the 12-year age limit (or 13 if the player's birthday is after Aug. 1). Little League officials in Manila stonewalled efforts to certify the players' ages, and most of the Philippine press and public seemed to view the accusations as an American plot...
Last week the manager of the team dropped another bombshell: forget about being overage -- most of the team wasn't even from Zamboanga City. League officials in Manila had packed the squad with ringers even though national All-Star squads are barred from the World Series. Little League officials in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, declared eight Philippine players ineligible Thursday and ordered a forfeit of their team's 15-4 victory last month over Long Beach, California. The newly crowned California team got together Thursday night for a quiet celebration at a park. "I think this is a real big / thing," said...
When the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meets this week in Manila, VIETNAM will be pleading for support in resisting growing Chinese aggression. Just eight months ago, China and Vietnam normalized relations. Their border was opened. Trade blossomed. Assistance flowed from Beijing. But last month Chinese warships sailed into the South China Sea to renew China's claim to the Spratly Islands, which Vietnam counts as its own. Ignoring Vietnam's complaints, China has sold oil and gas exploration rights in the area to a Denver firm. Meanwhile, Chinese troops have moved border markers deeper into Vietnam, and many Chinese...
...Radcliffe News student poll taken in the spring of '42 showed that nine of every 10 students favored retaliation for the Japanese bombing of defenseless Manila with an American counter-bombing of Japanese cities...
...FINAL EFFORT AT A PEACEful settlement of the gulf war epitomized the transition from the old diplomacy to the new. Secretary of State Baker met for six hours with Iraqi Foreign Minister Aziz but could not persuade him to accept a manila envelope containing a private letter from Bush to Saddam Hussein. As the meeting ended, both sides readied press conferences blaming each other. Aziz let it be known he would wait for Bush to appear, thus having the last word. White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater quickly telephoned CNN correspondent Charles Bierbauer. Tell your bosses in Atlanta and your...