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Interior Secretary Rafael Alunan said the attack was staged in retaliation for the arrest of six alleged Muslim militants in Manila on April 1 for illegal possession of firearms and explosives. Another theory held that the assault was simply a terrorist fund raiser: the gunmen left town with sacks of cash totaling $1 million. Whatever the motivation, the incident was the latest evidence that despite decades of fighting and negotiating, the Philippines, with a mostly Christian population of 66 million, has still to solve the problem of separatism among its 6 million Muslims. Two days after the Ipil raid, President...
...officers came to look at the detail as their main job, and the police job just became a way to rest, to let it slide by," says Rafael Goyeneche III, managing director of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, a police-watchdog group. "Some just slept in their patrol cars." Details also gave rise to brokers in the department, who would organize outside work for a fee. This led to sergeants dispatching higher-ranking officers on plum off-duty jobs. "The real command structure of the department became the detail," says Howell...
...officers came to look at the detail as their main job, and the police job just became a way to rest, to let it slide by," says Rafael Goyeneche III, managing director of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, a police-watchdog group. "Some just slept in their patrol cars." Details also gave rise to brokers in the department, who would organize outside work for a fee. This led to sergeants dispatching higher-ranking officers on plum off-duty jobs. "The real command structure of the department became the detail," says Howell...
Spain will have its first royal wedding in almost 90 years on Saturday, when Princess Elena Maria Isabel Domenica de Silos de Borbon y Grecia will marry Jaime Rafael Ramos Maria de Marichalar y Saenz de Tejada. But what will they call the kids?MONEY
...about 8 a.m. every weekday, children begin arriving early in the cafeteria at Rafael Hernandez Elementary School in Newark, New Jersey, to be sure they do not miss the free, hot breakfast offered each morning. At 8:20 last Friday, about 150 kids filled the cafeteria, talking about their favorite TV shows and eating their cereal and pancakes and drinking their juice and milk. The menu doesn't always please everyone. Ten-year-old Jennifer Silva would prefer Pop-Tarts or even pizza for breakfast. But she knows that if she misses breakfast at school, she won't eat that...