Word: requester
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Food shortages and floods have forced a desperate North Korea to ask for humanitarian aid from the United Nations for the first time. The unprecedented request could open diplomatic channels to the isolated, impoverished Communist country. "This is pretty amazing," says international affairs correspondent Marguerite Michaels. "Once North Korea lets relief aid people into the country, it allows informal inspection of what is going on there. Any kind of contact with North Korea -- for the international community and for them -- is a positive step. It's just too bad the reasons are tragic, but it's a step...
...during the 1956 war in the Sinai stirred other veterans to speak out about similar atrocities in the war of 1967. The unit allegedly involved in the 1956 incident was commanded by right-wing politician Rafael Eitan, who intends to run for Prime Minister in 1996. At Egypt's request, the Israeli government ordered an investigation...
...last Tuesday, a dusty convoy of military Land Rovers bounced over an unfenced sector of Jordan's border escorting Mercedes-borne worthies who turned out to be the presidential kinsmen. Exhausted and parched, the travelers had made a 14-hour desert trek to evade detection. Water was their first request. "They drank tens of bottles," related a high Jordanian security official. Though the inadequately provisioned party had seemingly departed on the run, the journey was not quite spontaneous. The Jordanian official said Hussein Kamel had visited Amman 10 days earlier to warn of his coming. According to another security officer...
...request to have the case thrown out wassubmitted a month to six weeks ago to U.S.District Court Judge Patty Saris, and a ruling"could be any day now or weeks away," Ryan said,depending on Saris's schedule...
Arlen Specter's decision to go ahead with Senate Ruby Ridge hearings despite an Administration request to delay until its criminal investigation is complete "is both understandable and political," saysTIME's Elaine Shannon."As a presidential candidate, Specter of course wants to maximize his television exposure; but we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that this murky, deeply troubling incident has yet to be adequately investigated, and the Justice Department could be accused of stonewalling. Members of Congress are legitimately under pressure to examine this incident." Nonetheless, if the hearings are held this fall, many witnesses will likely cite...