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Scotland in the Spotlight I think the release of al-Megrahi was unprincipled and shortsighted [Sept. 14]. But before getting steamed up about it, Americans should remember that for 30 years the U.S. gave a safe haven to scores of Irish terrorists implicated in the murder of innocent British civilians. Irish terrorists sincerely believed that their cause justified murder - so do Islamic terrorists. And it's natural for Americans to feel that the deaths of Americans matter more than the deaths of Britons, but they cannot expect Britons to agree with them. David Watkins, CARDIFF...
...Scotland in the Spotlight I think the release of Abdel Basset Ali Al-Megrahi was unprincipled and shortsighted [Sept. 14]. But Americans, before getting steamed up about it, should remember that for 30 years the U.S. gave a safe haven to scores of Irish terrorists implicated in the murder of innocent British civilians. Irish terrorists sincerely believed that their cause justified murder; so do Islamic terrorists. And it's natural for Americans to feel that the deaths of Americans matter more than the deaths of Britons - but they cannot expect Britons to agree with them. David Watkins, Cardiff...
...Olympic torch in a tropical country." The IOC agreed - and that lit up a frenzied carnival in Rio de Janeiro, a city that knows how to party perhaps better than any other. As the decision was announced, the world forgot Rio's problems for a moment, especially its frightening murder rate, and watched tens of thousands of its residents, known as Cariocas, exult on Copacabana Beach, dancing to deafening music in tanga bikinis and drinking Skol and Brahma beer around a massive banner that read, "Rio Loves You." "This will bring a lot of investment to Rio," said Andressa Gomes...
...seemed to have rolled into his apprehension in Switzerland, after years of apparent inactivity in a case that is far more complicated than just an unpunished sex crime, which is how it has been debated through the week. (See a list of 25 crimes of the century, including the murder of Polanski's wife Sharon Tate...
...even though former Panamanian general Manuel Noriega finished his U.S. prison sentence in 2007, he still remains in jail while the legal system decides whether he should be extradited to France (where he is wanted on money-laundering charges) or repatriated to Panama - where he faces charges of murder and extortion...