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...black and white images are of wartime in the 1940s. Nestor Burma, private detective, sticks his head out of the train window as it pulls out of the busy urban station. In the crowd of soldiers and milling civilians he spies his chunky colleague, Bob, who chases after the train, waving for Burma to get off. Suddenly, Bob clutches his chest. He shouts an address, "120, rue de la Gare," and falls, the back of his coat soaked in blood from multiple gunshots. As Burma tumbles out of the train, a beautiful girl in a trench coat stands...
...torturing and murdering opponents during the country's "Dirty War" two decades ago. Human rights groups claim that about 1,000 officials - implicated in the murder of as many as 30,000 people during the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 - could be prosecuted as a result. With President Nestor Kirchner in favor of sweeping away the protection, only the Supreme Court could stand in the way of future convictions. Safe and Sand MALI Fourteen hostages were freed after being held for up to six months in the Sahara desert by Muslim extremists. The nine Germans, four Swiss...
...talks in Ghana, the rebels demanded Taylor resign and allow the formation of a government of national unity. The rebels, a ragtag collection of groups opposing Taylor, have been fighting for three years to oust him. Overdue Overhaul ARGENTINA Wasting no time since becoming President by default last month, Nestor Kirchner fired 10 of 12 senior police commissioners and called on Congress to impeach the widely despised Supreme Court. He also forced more than 50 military generals and admirals into retirement, naming lower-ranking generals in their place. Kirchner said his anticorruption drive was crucial to solving the country...
...last chance to salvage a peace agreement brokered last December between the two sides. Separatist rebels have been fighting for an independent Aceh since 1976. PRESIDENT BY DEFAULT ARGENTINA Presidential candidate Carlos Menem withdrew from the race just days before a runoff vote after polls showed his opponent, Nestor Kirchner, would win in a landslide. Kirchner, now victor by default, will assume the presidency on May 25. With the country facing massive foreign debt and half the population in poverty, Kirchner says he will work to restore the confidence of the IMF to regain economic stability. MEANWHILE...
...agreement between the oil workers' union and the rigs' owners, U.S.-based Transocean company. Hostage taking is not uncommon in the Southern Niger Delta, where much of the population remains extremely poor despite the country's vast petroleum resources. Race to the Finish argentina Presidential hopefuls Carlos Menem and Nestor Kirchner kicked off their campaigns for the May 18 runoff after leading the first round of voting with 24% and 22% of the vote, respectively. Both Menem, a proponent of the free market, and the center-left Kirchner are members of the divided ruling Peronist Party. Menem...