Word: marinus
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...EXECUTED. Fabianus Tibo, 60, Marinus Riwu, 48, and Dominggus da Silva, 42, Christian militants convicted of plotting the massacre of at least 70 Muslims on Sulawesi during sectarian violence on the Indonesian island in 1998-2000; in Poso, Indonesia. Rights groups criticized the trio's 2001 conviction, claiming that Muslims had received lighter sentences for similar crimes, while the Vatican issued a plea for clemency last month. Christians rioted across eastern Indonesia following the executions...
...Albert Einstein's contribution was more than a mere scientific discovery; it was a major leap forward in understanding." MARINUS J. WIJNBEEK Amersfoort, the Netherlands...