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...suicide, but Yu says that doesn't explain why her body was covered in bruises and lacerations. Yu was particularly alarmed when police repeatedly visited his home, urging him to hand over the battered corpse for immediate cremation. Fearing that the only proof he had of a possible murder would be reduced to ashes, Yu secretly buried the body in the snow-covered woods near his home. Even now, seven years later, he packs salt around the corpse several times a week to preserve the evidence. Whenever he heads to Beijing to petition for an investigation into her death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nothing Left To Lose | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

Violence which is in the context of war is paralegal. Or to dumb it down for Buttigieg, if you happen kill people while fighting in Grenada, it is not quite the same as plotting to murder an innocent civilian. Thus, it is nothing extroardinarily damaging in the public eye for a President to be involved in ordering paralegal activities. The state does have a monopoly on violence after...

Author: By Jonathan Maryniuk, | Title: Buttigieg's Argument Does Not Convince | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...tomb of Haitian strongman Amiot Metayer, who was murdered in September, can be found in the middle of a seaside slum in the city of Gonaives. His bust sits prominently under a white awning, accompanied by a photo of Metayer's cadaver with his eyes poked out. His heart had also been removed. The grave is surrounded by offerings of candles, a bottle of orange soda, a picture of the Virgin Mary and a bottle of rum. These days in Gonaives, Metayer's mourners have been making another kind of tribute to his memory: hunting down officials of the government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letter From Haiti: A Battle of Cannibals And Monsters | 2/23/2004 | See Source »

...teenage suicide took place in his Belfast church, Father Aidan Troy found himself giving last rites to another boy who hanged himself in the bell tower. The twin suicides are part of a mounting trend: Belfast has gone from being a city with a global reputation for murder to one of the U.K. 's suicide black spots, with as many as a dozen suicides reported there last year. Despite the benefits of Northern Ireland's 1998 Good Friday accord, the effects of 30 years of conflict are aggravating ordinary social problems; the two recent suicides were linked to intimidation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 2/22/2004 | See Source »

...therapeutic cloning in the U.S. is a bumpy one. The Bush administration’s 2001 decision to restrict federal funding for projects working with a small batch of preexisting stem cells elicited cheers from those who feel that destroying embryos for the sake of research is tantamount to murder...

Author: By Jackeline Montalvo, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Lags in Stem Cell Work | 2/18/2004 | See Source »

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