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Meanwhile, next week Marks will be suing Stinson in federal court to overthrow the election results. In the meantime, while Republicans refuse to call him senator, Stinson continues to vote. As for Colon, she declares, "I'll never vote again." And the trash heap next to her backyard continues to grow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This Seat Stolen? | 2/7/1994 | See Source »

...such allegations "garbage." His sympathizers in Miami claim Garrison is the CIA's designated handler for Cedras. Garrison says he is not CIA, but he claims to have longstanding contacts within both the Central and Defense Intelligence Agencies. He says that in 1970 he worked "with the Americans" to overthrow the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: With Friends Like These | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

This is the dark side of Islam, which shows its face in violence and terrorism intended to overthrow modernizing, more secular regimes and harm the Western nations that support them. Its influence far outweighs its numbers. The Islamic revival that has swept the Middle East is primarily a peaceful movement for a return to religious purity. But where desperation is greatest, a small number of radicals have resorted to military action to impose the Islamic ideology they espouse. For the most part, they are not members of some grand conspiracy sponsored by a state apparatus, but loosely organized, grass- roots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dark Side Of Islam | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

...Both of these groups fuel the instability by either committing or instigating violent acts; sometimes it is difficult to tell them apart. Indeed, the political opportunists are sometimes little better than the murderers. On one side, radicals scream "one settler, one bullet." On the other, reactionaries prepare themselves to overthrow any popularly elected government. As these two groups glare at each other from opposite sides of the shotgun and crossbow, the death toll climbs...

Author: By Mohammed Asmal, | Title: A Violent Homecoming | 9/28/1993 | See Source »

Islamic fundamentalists use any means to overthrow Mubarak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

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