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...tells the story of a Saïd Boudiaf, a gifted Algerian boxer whose career peaks during the late 1950s in Paris. Still a colony of France at the time, Algeria's National Liberation Front (FLN) had begun a series of bombings to oust the occupiers. Upon arriving at the Paris train station Boudiaf gets immediately harassed by gendarmes who suspect any Arab of being a terrorist. Desperately trying to stay neutral in an atmosphere that insists on polarization, he declares, "I'm on the side of boxing." But when he defeats the French champion the stadium erupts...
...class of the African teams will be Senegal, playing in Group A with France, Uruguay and Denmark. The Senegalese are Africa's new lions, having beaten Algeria, Morocco and Egypt to reach the Orient. France is likely to lead the group, meaning Senegal would need to oust Uruguay and Denmark. The Danes play the most spirited football in Scandinavia (O.K., so that's not saying much). It's not enough to win, says assistant manager Michael Laudrup: "The other goal is to play an attractive style of football that will entertain fans around the world...
...presidential vote and his party took more seats than any other in the new Parliament. The President was credited with bringing in the international forces that put down a 10-year rebel uprising, which had seized control of the country's diamond fields and repeatedly tried to oust the government. After Sierra Leone's last election in 1996, the rebels made a point of hacking the hands off civilians, on the grounds they had been used to vote for Kabbah. INDIA Jammu's "Massacre of Innocents" Tension between India and Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir rose when three...
...reluctant to embrace reform in the Palestinian Authority; after all, it would ultimately limit his personal power. For Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon PA reform is code for getting rid of Arafat - the Israeli leader went so far, this week, as to suggest that the U.S. and its allies oust Arafat and "impose" an "interim government" on the Palestinians. But Sharon is unlikely to have much influence over the remaking...
...because until the sisters can agree on how Bebe's money is to be spent, it stays tied up in probate. Landon says Tricia is using this dispute "as a back door to try once again to get family control of the library." The suit tried--and failed--to oust Tricia from the board. Tricia's lawyer, Tom Malcolm, says Taylor's suit has "tarnished forever the image of a close, wholesome relationship and replaced it with a story of feuding and recrimination." Ken Khachigian, a library board member and former Nixon adviser, calls Taylor "oxygen on this fire...