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...crisis began last month, when the government, defying Haiti's three- month-old constitution, took control of the electoral process. Although Namphy reversed his action, the response did not quell public furor. The general has only made matters worse by retreating into silence. Says a Haitian historian: "Unless Namphy comes to his senses and opens a dialogue, there could be a bloodbath." Now it is up to Namphy to decide whether he will lead Haitians to the polls -- or to civil...
...country is with you!" Last week a gathering of 200 angry sympathizers with the military rebels had a different message for the Argentine leader. Their cry: "Death to Alfonsin! Long live the armed forces!" The defiant slogans neatly defined the crisis that now confronts Argentina's still fragile 40-month-old democracy. At issue are government efforts to prosecute some 400 military officers for their role in kidnaping, torturing and murdering more than 9,000 victims who vanished during the military's "dirty war" against left-wing terrorists in the late 1970s. For Alfonsin, 61, the showdown is nothing less...
...indictments added new momentum to the 15-month-old New York corruption scandal. At least 13 officials have been indicted or have received jail terms. More than two dozen others are under investigation...
...Shamir refrained from criticizing officials of the Labor Party for their roles in Iranscam; and Peres and Rabin, both former Prime Ministers, were backing Shamir's position that the less said about Pollard, the better it would be for Israel. That cozy arrangement, made possible by the 30-month-old coalition between Likud and Labor, made some Israelis uncomfortable, and a few wags began to refer to the trio of Prime Ministers as the "Gang of Three...
...double burden of child custody and a lack of marketable job skills. Carol Kuypers, 32, of Harper Woods in suburban Detroit, earns $13,500 as an accounting clerk, or about 61 cents a week over the limit for getting federal food assistance. The unmarried mother of a 15-month-old son, she has to spend $200 a month for day care, which eats up about one-quarter of her take-home pay. For help with room and board, she has taken in her brother John, a factory worker, as a roommate...