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...influence of the networkers already extends to the outside world--as Diane Worthington, on-line manager of the popular PARTI section of the Source, can testify. When Worthington was charged with involvement in a San Francisco LSD operation, arrested and held without bail, her electronic admirers sprang to her defense. Planning their strategy in nationwide PARTI conferences, they sent telegrams to the judge, and are now raising money for Worthington's legal defense. In Colorado Springs, David Hughes, alerting fellow networkers to a proposed zoning-code change that would have made it more difficult for them to work at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Here Come the Networkers | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...been based on "provenly planted evidence." The three other defendants in the case, Salman Saqib, Fahad Naseem and Sheikh Adil, were given life sentences. Their lawyer asked Sindh High Court to overturn their convictions, which he said were based on flimsy evidence. MALAYSIA Mixed Bag The main Islamic opposition party, Pas (Parti Islam se-Malaysia), retained one of the two seats it was fighting in the northern state of Kedah. The vote was seen as inconclusive on support for strict Islamic laws and punishments including flogging and amputation that Pas recently enacted in neighboring Terengganu state - ahead of a national...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 7/21/2002 | See Source »

Lucien Bouchard, the charismatic leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois, has changed his mind about quitting the fray. Bouchard, who announced he was considering leaving politics after Quebec's referendum to secede from Canada was narrowly defeated last month, says he will seek to replace outgoing Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau. "Bouchard has put regionalism ahead of a national role in government," says TIME's William McWhirter. "What he's done is say Quebec is more important than the country. And given his success in galvanizing Quebeckers during the referendum, he is the province's best chance at gaining independence. Bouchard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ON SECOND THOUGHT | 11/21/1995 | See Source »

...remain part of Canada, voting 50.6% against secession and 49.4% for it in a special plebiscite. The razor-thin margin consisted of just 52,448 votes out of almost 5 million cast; the 93.4% turnout was a record. One day later, Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau, leader of the separatist Parti Quebecois, announced that he would resign before year's end. But charismatic Quebec politician Lucien Bouchard insisted that the cause of secession is not dead: "The next time will be the right one. And the next time may come sooner than people think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: OCTOBER 29-NOVEMBER 4 | 11/13/1995 | See Source »

...after Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau announced his resignation over barely losing the secession referendum, it looks as though Canada may soon be dealing with an even more formidable separatist. Leaders of the Parti Quebecois are already trying to revive their push for secession under the banner of Lucien Bouchard, the movement's charismatic co-leader. Since Parizeau's decision to leave Tuesday, at least two potential replacements have said they would defer to a Bouchard candidacy. The Parti Quebecois, which took power in Quebec last year, chooses its leader through a vote of all 150,000 members. TIME's William...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOUCHARD ON RISE | 11/2/1995 | See Source »

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