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...Elian Gonzalez case was brewing, a similar episode was unfolding in Miami with a much different outcome. Maria Eugenia Pereira, a Puerto Rican woman who had been living in Jordan with her husband, left him last July and moved to Miami with their two-year-old son Khalil. The father, Ibrahim Shanti, divorced her in Jordan, flew to Miami and won two favorable rulings in Florida courts, giving him temporary custody of the child. The father and son returned to Jordan April 1. Islamic countries, most of which are not signatories to the Hague Convention, tend to rule for fathers...
...reflects that there is a growing momentum behind the anti-sweatshop movement and the Workers Rights Consortium," said Maria A. Roeper, the WRC's coordinator. "It's obviously a crescendo of involvement...
Which Italian? Moderates might back Dionigi Cardinal Tettamanzi, archbishop of Genoa, while conservatives could go for Giacomo Cardinal Biffi of Bologna. And then there is Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini, a Scripture scholar and the archbishop of Milan, who has long been seen as a possible progressive successor to John Paul. "Martini would be the best candidate," says McBrien. "He'd be outstanding." The only sure bet is that whoever follows John Paul II will find the shoes of the fisherman very large to fill...
...Monday?s talks between the INS and the Miami family suggest the U.S. government (Vice President Gore excepted) remained firm in its decision to reunite the boy with his father. "The issue is not whether we will transfer Elian to his father, but when and how," said INS representative Maria Cardona. With Fidel Castro now pushing to send Juan Miguel Gonzalez - either alone or with a large entourage of family, schoolmates, mental health professionals and political minders - to the U.S. as soon as visas come through, the game of political football over the six-year-old appears to have entered...
Professor of German Maria M. Tatar, who teaches the course, had originally asked Lowry to introduce guest speaker Maurice Sendak, author of Where the Wild Things Are. But Lowry stepped up to fill Sendak's shoes after Sendak injured a tendon and was unable to attend...