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...Aquino's establishment of a seven-member human rights-committee last week only heightened concern. Committee Chairman Jose Diokno announced that the government would reopen an investigation into the assassination of Aquino's husband Benigno, who was gunned down in August 1983 at Manila International Airport. When asked what would happen if the committee found evidence that former Marcos officials now allied with the Aquino government were involved in the murder, Diokno replied, "If they knew about it and did nothing, they are at least administratively guilty...
...meeting, Herrera maintained, "Marcos stood up, looked straight in my face and said, 'I am a grateful man. I know how to reciprocate.' " Some witnesses at the Ver trial have indicated that they might wish to change their testimony, and Aquino is expected to reopen the case...
...spoke forcefully of the need for reconciliation. The President, who has frequently called Marcos the "No. 1 suspect" in the 1983 assassination of her husband, Senator Benigno ("Ninoy") Aquino Jr., made it clear she would not seek the extradition of Marcos from exile, although she hinted she might reopen an inquiry into the murder. "I can be magnanimous in victory," she said. "It is time to heal wounds and forget the past...
Five years ago, however, notes found in the National Archives persuaded Hirabayashi to reopen the case. In a 1942 report, the Army commander who ordered the massive relocation argued that it was not feasible to separate the "sheep from the goats" and distinguish loyal Japanese Americans. The relocation, in other words, was based on race, not urgency. The War Department ordered that racially prejudiced reasoning amended, and never revealed the original report. In essence, ruled Federal Judge Donald Voorhees last week, the U.S. lied, and he overturned Hirabayashi's conviction...
...provisional military-civilian council on Saturday announced Haiti's new Cabinet. The Cabinet is expected to issue its first communique today, including a date to reopen schools closed Jan. 8 because of national unrest in this impoverished Caribbean island...