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...harsh accusation, but I am finding it difficult to explain why an issue that can be reduced to a simple question (were the sentences given to the prisoners appropriate for the crimes committed?) has not only become a political hot potato, but become one for a politician who was not even responsible for the decision made...

Author: By Kiara ALVAREZ Ferrer, | Title: Clemency a Matter of Human Rights | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...quake "hurt the hearts of people on the mainland as the Chinese people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait are as closely linked as flesh and blood," China's official news agency quoted Jiang as saying. But assistance from Beijing may turn out to be a political hot potato, because unlike Greece and Turkey, which have recently managed to overcome some the traditional hostility between them by helping each other through traumatic earthquakes, the heart of the Beijing-Taipei dispute is whether Taiwan is for all intents and purposes a separate state (as Taipei maintains) or simply a rebel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Devastated Taiwan Has a Chinese Aid Puzzle | 9/21/1999 | See Source »

...with protesters occupying restaurants and offering customers an alternative meal of baguettes stuffed with cheese or foie gras. But lately things have turned nasty. Protesters are finding ever more to dislike about the uniquely American food--especially the very genes that make the McDonald's beef or bun or potato what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food Fight | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

...Switzerland, the rise of GM technology has meant boom times. Sales of GM seeds rose in value from $75 million in 1995 to $1.5 billion last year, and the crops they produce are turning up not only on produce shelves but also in processed foods from cookies to potato chips to baby food...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food Fight | 9/13/1999 | See Source »

Samuel Sheinbein is one hot potato latke. First, the Maryland teenager put a strain on U.S.-Israel relations by fleeing a murder charge back home and taking advantage of an obscure section of Israeli law to evade extradition. Now, the New York Times reports, he?s accepted a plea bargain with Israeli prosecutors that will see him serve a 24-year sentence that could have him out on parole in 14 years. While that might be a stiff penalty for an 18-year-old in Israel?s courts, it pales before the life-without-parole sentence he faced in Maryland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teen's Israel Plea Deal Won't Impress U.S. | 8/25/1999 | See Source »

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