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...armed MRTA guerrillas. In the ensuing shoot-out, two rebels and one police officer were killed. The military terrorism court, where judges and other personnel wear masks, imposed a life sentence, ignoring the prosecutors' recommendation of 30 years in prison. Berenson will serve the term in a notoriously tough maximum-security prison reserved for terrorists that is located high in the Andes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LORI BERENSON: ACCOMPLICE TO TERROR | 1/22/1996 | See Source »

...never would have become entrenched. Now Maydianne Andrade, a University of Toronto graduate student, reports in the current Science that she has discovered what it is. A female who is chewing on her boyfriend is distracted and allows him to copulate longer. That lets him deposit the maximum amount of sperm, giving him a better chance of passing along his genes. Beyond that, a sperm-filled female tends to spurn new suitors, ensuring that the suicidal male, not a rival, has the offspring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NATURE: SEX AS SUICIDE | 1/15/1996 | See Source »

...threat sounds genuine, the team's first crucial task is to locate the bomb, which is presumably hidden. After flying in from around the country on military transport, NEST searchers divide the threatened city--the cia and fbi assume terrorists will target an urban area in order to incur maximum casualties--into search grids. Energy Department aircraft, specially fitted with photographic equipment, are sent aloft to take shots of the city for detailed maps that can be used if intelligence sources narrow the search to a particular area or type of structure. Helicopters equipped with radiation detectors can sweep over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NUCLEAR NINJAS | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

...along with Roderico Harp and Kendrick Ledet of rape, said that Harp and Ledet were the ones who jumped out of their rented car and grabbed the girl. The two Marines insist that they participated in the assault only because they were afraid of Gill. The three face a maximum penalty of life in prison if convicted. A verdict and sentence are expected January 19, but that could be delayed if the Okinawa court grants a change of venue. Lawyers for Harp and Gill today said that, because of the political nature of the trial, the defendents cannot receive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHARING THE BLAME | 12/27/1995 | See Source »

...before he was placed on paid leave. Until his arrest, Blair was best known for helping to recover a 1636 painting by Peter Paul Rubens, stolen from a Spanish museum. That won him Spain's highest civilian honor. Now, a conviction for aggravated stalking could earn him 15 years maximum behind bars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: VOICE OF THE TORTURER | 12/18/1995 | See Source »

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